Written Reviews

Roberto Bolaño: Cowboy Graves

April 20, 2021

It’s not just a curiosity! Here are my thoughts on Roberto Bolaño’s Cowboy Graves, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.

Margaret Atwood: “Old Babes in the Wood”

April 19, 2021

This week’s New Yorker story is “Old Babes in the Wood,” by Margaret Atwood.

The Criterion Collection Announces July 2021 Releases

April 15, 2021

The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in July of 2021.

Cynthia Ozick: Antiquities

April 13, 2021

Cynthia Ozick’s Antiquities is out today! It’s a wonderful little book about the large past and the short future.

Jonas Eika: “Alvin”

April 12, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Alvin,” by Jonas Eika, translated from the Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg.

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