Written Reviews

Joseph O’Neill: “Keuka Lake”

February 24, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joseph O’Neill’s “Keuka Lake.”

M.F.K. Fisher: How to Cook a Wolf

February 21, 2025

Have you ever read M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary classic How to Cook a Wolf? I had not, but I’m so glad I did! Here are some of my thoughts.

Anthony Trollope: Phineas Redux

February 13, 2025

I’ve been working my way through Anthony Trollope’s Palliser sextet, and I was delighted to revisit some of my favorite characters in book four, Phineas Redux.

Antonio Di Benedetto: The Suicides

February 11, 2025

With The Suicides, NYRB Classics and Esther Allen have brought us Antonio Di Benedetto’s complete Trilogy of Expectation.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Chuka”

February 10, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Chuka.”

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