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The Criterion Collection Announces February 2021 Releases

November 14, 2020

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

Rebecca Curtis: “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit”

November 12, 2020

This week’s New Yorker story is “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit,” by Rebecca Curtis.

George Saunders: “Ghoul”

November 2, 2020

This week’s New Yorker story is “Ghoul,” by George Saunders.

Don DeLillo: The Silence

October 30, 2020

Don DeLillo’s latest novella The Silence is brilliant but dull . . . not that I think DeLillo cares. It’s worth a look for sure.

Curtis Sittenfeld: “A for Alone”

October 26, 2020

This week’s New Yorker story is, fittingly, from Curtis Sittenfeld. “A for Alone” is a political story inspired by Mike Pence.

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