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Henry Green Readalong

September 30, 2016

Trevor and Proustitue are hosting a Henry Green readalong over on Goodreads. Learn more and come and join!

Etgar Keret: “To the Moon and Back”

September 27, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Etgar Keret’s “To the Moon and Back,” translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston. Read the full post.

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Complete Orsinia

September 21, 2016

It’s always a momentous occasion when a living author gets their work released in The Library of America. It has rarely happened, and I think the only other living author in there now is Philip Roth, but it has recently happened once again. Ursula K. Le Guin, the 86-year-old whose career started over sixty years

Petina Gappah: “A Short History of Zaka the Zulu”

September 19, 2016

This week’s New Yorker story is Petina Gappah’s “A Short History of Zaka the Zulu.” Read the full post.

The Criterion Collection Announces December 2016 Releases

September 15, 2016

Today The Criterion Collection announced its December 2016 releases. Read the full post.

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