Written Reviews

Roddy Doyle: “Life Without Children”

October 12, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Roddy Doyle’s “Life Without Children.”

2020 Nobel Prize for Literature

October 8, 2020

This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded — and it’s gone to a great American poet!

David Rabe: “Suffocation Theory”

October 5, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Rabe’s “Suffocation Theory.”

Joseph O’Neill: “Rainbows”

September 28, 2020

This week’s New Yorker story is Joseph O’Neill’s “Rainbows.”

Lorrie Moore: “Face Time”

September 21, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lorrie Moore’s “Face Time.”

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