Written Reviews

Anniversaries Readalong: March 11 – 17, 1968

March 9, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering March 11 – 17, 1968.

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile

March 3, 2020

I have some few thoughts on my least favorite Agatha Christie book, to date, but I hope some of you can point me in a better direction.

Anne Enright: “Night Swim”

March 2, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Night Swim,” by Anne Enright.

Anniversaries Readalong: March 4 – 10, 1968

March 1, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering March 4 – March 10, 1968.

Jennie Livingston: Paris Is Burning

February 28, 2020

This week The Criterion Collection released Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning.

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