Written Reviews

Imbolo Mbue: “The Case For and Against Love Potions”

March 15, 2021

This week’s New Yorker story is Imbolo Mbue’s “The Case For and Against Love Potions.”

Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara and the Sun

March 11, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro’s eighth novel — and first since he wont the Nobel Prize in 2017 — is out. But I didn’t care for Klara and the Sun. Here are my thoughts.

2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist

March 10, 2021

Today the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist was announced.

Djibril Diop Mambéty: Touki bouki

March 9, 2021

Today The Criterion Collection is releasing a standalone home video edition of Djibril Diop Mambéty’s masterpiece, Touki bouki.

T. Coraghessan Boyle: “The Shape of a Teardrop”

March 8, 2021

This week’s The New Yorker fiction is “The Shape of a Teardrop,” by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

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