You’ll notice that my page is different. That was not entirely intentional. Let me explain, and once things are up and running I’m going to delete this post. I have decided, after quite a long period of struggling with the idea, to place some ads on this site. I am using a service called LitBreakers
I’ve decided to copy a feature found on Reading Matters and Savidge Reads, a kind of hall of fame/favorite authors list. I am calling mine The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon, and you can see the complete list here. There will also be a permanent link in the upper left-hand corner of the blog. There
The ten finalists for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award have been announced. City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry The Map and the Territory, by Michel Houllebecq Pure, by Andrew Miller 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Night of the Satellite” was originally published in the April 15, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor It’s strange: I’m always interested while reading a T.C. Boyle story but uninterested when I finished it. He’s a fine writer and storyteller,
This month, we are joined by Alan Bowden of wordsofmercury.wordpress.com to discuss Vivant Denon’s novella, No Tomorrow. In 1777, No Tomorrow was published anonymously. We have the pleasure of reading Lydia Davis’ translation which is based on the 1814 edition. NYRB Classics published their bilingual edition of No Tomorrow in October of 2009, and it is the book we’ll
Episodes of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast: discussions of books and authors, shaped by curiosity, rereading, and the pleasures of talking things through.
The Mookse and the Gripes Instagram features a more immediate space with posts and videos about current reads, recent finds, including a steady dose of Criterion films.
