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2022 International Booker Prize Longlist

March 11, 2022

The 2022 International Booker Prize Longlist has been announced.

Archipelago Books — Episode 23

March 10, 2022

In this episode, Trevor and Paul spend some time talking about one of their favorite publishers, Archipelago Books. They each share three of their favorite Archipelago titles and talk about a few they want to read soon. This episode also includes an amazing giveaway that will supply one lucky winner with a year’s worth of translated fiction!

Cynthia Ozick: “The Biographer’s Hat”

March 7, 2022

This week’s New Yorker story is Cynthia Ozick’s “The Biographer’s Hat.” Yay!

Alice Munro: “Silence”

March 4, 2022

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Silence,” from Runaway.

Camille Bordas: “One Sun Only”

February 28, 2022

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Camille Bordas’s “One Sun Only.”

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