This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “The Philosopher” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. The philosopher of the title is another of Winesburg’s sad doctors, Doctor Parcival. When
Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Tobias Wolff’s “All Ahead of Them” was originally published in the July 8 & 15, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor I’m a big fan of Tobias Wolff. I’ve posted about most of his books here (click
This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “Mother” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. While the first story I think about when I think about Winesburg, Ohio is
In this episode we look at what NYRB Classics will be releasing from July to December 2013 (plus one from 2014). Please let us know which you are most anticipating, or, if you’ve read any of these, how you felt. http://traffic.libsyn.com/mookse/MookseBonus003.m4a
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