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National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists

January 20, 2015

The National Book Critics Circle Award finalists have been announced. Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer Episode 24: Kinoshita and World War II

January 19, 2015

David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 24: Kinoshita and World War II. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.

Releases Episode 2

January 19, 2015

In this episode, Brian and Trevor discuss the NYRB Classics slate for the first half of 2015. Read the full post and listen to the podcast.

Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Inventions”

January 19, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Inventions,” by Isaac Bashevis Singer and translated from the Yiddish by Aliza Shevrin. The story was written in 1965 and translated to English in the late 1960s, but it’s only making its way to us now.

Alice Munro: “Winter Wind”

January 16, 2015

Trevor and Betsy explore Alice Munro’s “Winter Wind,” from Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You.

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