Written Reviews

Joy Williams: “Chicken Hill”

September 7, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Chicken Hill,” by veteran writer Joy Williams. Read the full post.

Charles Chaplin: City Lights

September 4, 2015

In 1931, in some of the worst days of the Great Depression, Charlie Chaplin released his compassionate, yet dark, film City Lights. In his ongoing look at Chaplin’s work, Trevor looks at the film. Read the full post.

NYRB Classics September Book Club: Jan Morris’s Hav

September 3, 2015

If you don’t know about it, come check out the NYRB Classics group on GoodReads. This September, we are reading Jan Morris’s Hav. Read the full post.

Alice Munro: “Providence”

September 3, 2015

Trevor and Betsy continue to look at Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid, focusing this post on “Providence.”

Ernst Lothar: The Vienna Melody

September 2, 2015

Lori Feathers reviews Ernst Lothar’s 1944 family saga, The Vienna Melody, translated from the German by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, and coming from Europa Editions. Read the full post.

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