Written Reviews

2021 Booker Prize Winner

November 3, 2021

The 2021 Booker Prize winner has been announced!

Jamil Jan Kochai: “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak”

November 3, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jamil Jan Kochai’s “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak.”

Hangsaman, by Shirley Jackson — Episode 12

October 28, 2021

Paul and I are back with a special Halloween episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast! Here we talk about Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman.

Raoul Walsh: High Sierra

October 27, 2021

Humphrey Bogart made his breakthrough in Raoul Walsh’s 1941 film High Sierra. This month, The Criterion Collection released a great two-disc edition of the film.

David Means: “The Depletion Prompts”

October 25, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Means’s “The Depletion Prompts.”

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