Written Reviews

Zadie Smith: Swing Time

August 9, 2017

Lee reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time, which was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Late Fame Arthur Schnitzler NYRB Classics

Arthur Schnitzler: Late Fame

August 8, 2017

Sitting unpublished for over 100 years, Arthur Schnitzler’s Late Fame is a welcome exploration of the doors that shut as time passes onward. Published by NYRB Classics this week, Trevor highly recommends it in this review.

Paul Theroux: The Vanishing Point

August 7, 2017

Though there is no new magazine coming out this week, the folks at The New Yorker have treated us to new fiction anyway. Appearing online only, The Vanishing Point is a new novella by Paul Theroux. Please join the conversation. You can find a link to the story in this post.

Willa Cather: Alexander’s Bridge

August 4, 2017

Trevor takes a look at Willa Cather’s debut novel, 1912’s Alexander’s Bridge.

Alice Munro: “Circle of Prayer”

August 3, 2017

Trevor and Betsy take a look at Alice Munro’s “Circle of Prayer,” from The Progress of Love.

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