Written Reviews

John Updike: “A & P”

December 5, 2013

I’d like to begin this post by asking readers what they think of John Updike, as a novelist, as a critic, as a poet, and as a short story writer. That question is open even to those who haven’t read him. Perhaps it’s even better more of those readers answer, because I’d like perceptions of

César Aira: Shantytown

December 4, 2013

Trevor reviews César Aira’s Shantytown, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.

Ingmar Bergman: The Virgin Spring

December 3, 2013

Trevor reviews Ingmar Bergman’s film, The Virgin Spring, a tale of innocence and revenge.

Rivka Galchen: “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman”

December 2, 2013

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Rivka Galchen’s “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman” was originally published in the December 9, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor While I read “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman,” I am going

Alice Munro: “Princess Ida”

November 29, 2013

Trevor and Betsy discuss Alice Munro’s “Princess Ida,” from Lives of Girls and Women.

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