Trevor Berrett

Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

2013 Gift Guide Part I

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While I don’t typically do a holiday gift guide, I think I have some good ideas this year that might help you get gifts for your book-loving friends and family — and you might find something on here for yourself. This is Part I. Part II will include children’s books and a few other knick-knacks. 1. … Read more

Steven Millhauser: “Coming Soon”

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Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Steven Millhauser’s “Coming Soon” was originally published in the December 16, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor I’m always in the mood for a new Millhauser, but this one didn’t quite do it for … Read more

John Updike: “A & P”

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I’d like to begin this post by asking readers what they think of John Updike, as a novelist, as a critic, as a poet, and as a short story writer. That question is open even to those who haven’t read him. Perhaps it’s even better more of those readers answer, because I’d like perceptions of … Read more

Rivka Galchen: “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman”

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Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Rivka Galchen’s “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman” was originally published in the December 9, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor While I read “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman,” I am going … Read more