Today the Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced: The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton Harvest, by Jim Crace A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri We Need New Names, by NoViolet Bulawayo The Testament of Mary, by Colm Tóibín I’m thrilled to say that I had five books on
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Tahar Ben Jelloun’s “By Fire” (tr. from the French by Rita S. Nezami) was originally published in the September 16, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. This is the second piece of fiction in translation in a row, and the third in
“The Guttural Muse” was originally published in the June 25, 1979 issue of The New Yorker. It was reprinted in the September 9, 2013 issue just after Heaney’s death on August 30. Seamus Heaney is said to have texted his wife right before his death: “Noli timere.” Have no fear. Don’t be afraid. This week
This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “Terror (Part IV)” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. This is the fourth and final part dealing with the patriarch Jesse,
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