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Giveaway! A Film Box from Boxwalla

April 11, 2021

Come join in the giveaway fun! On offer to one lucky reader: a Film Box from Boxwalla, featuring Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies and Bong Joon Ho’s Memories of Murder!

Clare Sestanovich: “Separation”

April 6, 2021

This week’s New Yorker story is Clare Sestanovich’s “Separation.”

Robert Walser: Little Snow Landscape

April 1, 2021

Robert Walser’s Little Snow Landscape, recently published by NYRB Classics, is the perfect book to start as we get into spring. It will also be perfect for summer, fall, and, believe it or not, winter. I recommend it in perpetuity.

2021 International Booker Prize Longlist

March 30, 2021

This morning, the longlist for the 2021 International Booker Prize was announced.

Sterling HolyWhiteMountain: “Featherweight”

March 29, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sterling HolyWhiteMountain’s “Featherweight.”

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