Written Reviews

My Twelve Favorite Reads of 2011

December 20, 2011

Here are my twelve favorite reads of the year! Read the full post.

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: The Letter Killers Club

December 19, 2011

Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s strange novel, The Letter Killers Club, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.

Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress”

December 12, 2011

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Margaret Atwood’s “Stone Mattress.” Read the full post.

Osamu Dazai: Schoolgirl

December 6, 2011

Trevor reviews Osamu Dazai’s Schoolgirl, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. Read the full post.

Nathan Englander: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank”

December 5, 2011

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Nathan Englander’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.” Read the full post.

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