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The Criterion Collection Announces August 2020 Releases

May 15, 2020

The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in August of 2020.

2020 Best Translated Book Award Finalists

May 12, 2020

Yesterday the 2020 Best Translated Book Award finalists were announced! Here are the 10 books!

Criterion Announces Agnès Varda Box Set

May 11, 2020

The Criterion Collection has announced The Complete Films of Agnès Varda, to be released on August 11!

Jonathan Lethem: “The Afterlife”

May 11, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “The Afterlife,” by Jonathan Lethem.

Anniversaries Readalong: May 13 – 19, 1968

May 10, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering May 13 – 19, 1968.

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