Written Reviews

Alice Munro: “Boys and Girls”

March 22, 2013

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls,” from Dance of the Happy Shades.

Nancy Mitford: The Sun King

March 21, 2013

Trevor reviews Nancy Mitford’s 1966 biography of Louis XIV (and Versailles), The Sun King. Read the full post.

PEN/Faulkner Winner

March 20, 2013

Yesterday, the 2013 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction was announced (click here for their announcement). Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Finalists were: Threats, by Amelia Gray Kind One, by Laird Hunt Hold It ‘Till It Hurts, by T. Geronimo Johnson Watergate, by Thomas Mallon

Alice Munro: “Day of the Butterfly”

March 19, 2013

Trevor and Betsy explore Alice Munro’s “Day of the Butterfly,” from her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades.

Episode 6: Nancy Mitford’s The Sun King

March 18, 2013

This month, we are joined by Tara Olmsted of booksexyreview.com to discuss Nancy Mitford’s biography of Louix XIV, The Sun King. Louis XIV fell in love with Versailles and Louise de La Vallière at the same time. Versailles was the love of his life. So begins Nancy Mitford’s 1966 biography of Louis XIV, her third of four

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