Camille Bordas: “The Presentation on Egypt”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Camille Bordas’s “The Presentation on Egypt.”
Trevor Berrett
Alice Munro: “Before the Change”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Before the Change,” from The Love of a Good Woman.
May 2019 Books to Read
There are some good books coming out this month. Here are some I am excited about.
John L’Heureux: “The Escape”
Last week John L’Heureux died at the age of 84. This week’s New Yorker story is his “The Escape.”
Alice Munro: “Rich as Stink”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Rich as Stink,” from The Love of a Good Woman.
Elia Kazan: A Face in the Crowd
Elia Kazan’s 1957 A Face in the Crowd is a shockingly contemporary film. It has just been released on home video by The Criterion Collection, and here are my thoughts.
Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan’s latest novel, Machines Like Me, is an alternative history of the 1980s. There’s a lot to recommend it, but in the end I don’t.
Weekend Thoughts
I hope you are all in the middle of a lovely weekend. Here are some bookish thoughts.