Written Reviews

Pitigrilli: Cocaine

April 23, 2014

Lee reviews Pitigrilli’s 1921 novel Cocaine. Read the full post.

Lydia Davis: Can’t and Won’t

April 22, 2014

Trevor reviews Lydia Davis’s new story collection, Can’t and Won’t. Read the full post.

Barbara Comyns: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

April 21, 2014

For her first post on The Mookse and the Gripes, Amanda Sarasien reviews Barbara Comyns’ Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.

Shirley Jackson: “The Man in the Woods”

April 21, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “The Man in the Woods,” a formerly unpublished story by Shirley Jackson. Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts. Read the full post.

James Thurber: The Wonderful O

April 16, 2014

Trevor and his sons, Carter and Holland, review James Thurber’s oh-so wonderful The Wonderful O. Read the full post.

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