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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Alice Munro: “Lichen”

August 3, 2017July 8, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Lichen,” from The Progress of Love.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Prize News 2 Comments

Yuri Herrera: The Transmigration of Bodies

July 7, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yuri Herrera’s The Transmigration of Bodies, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Yuri Herrera Tags 2010s, 2013, Spanish 3 Comments

Kenzaburo Oe: Death by Water

July 14, 2016July 6, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kenzaburo Oe’s Death by Water, translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Kenzaburo Oe Tags 2000s, 2009, Japanese, Nobel Prize Leave a comment

Michael Andreasen: “The King’s Teacup at Rest”

July 19, 2016July 4, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Michael Andreasen’s “The King’s Teacup at Rest.” Read the full post.

Categories Michael Andreasen, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2016 New Yorker Fiction 39 Comments

Kate DiCamillo: Raymie Nightingale

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kate DiCamillo’s Raymie Nightingale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Kate DiCamillo Tags 2010s, 2016, Children's Books Leave a comment

CriterionCast 173: Ingmar Bergman’s Summer Interlude

June 28, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Once again, I had the great pleasure of joining in on a conversation with The CriterionCast, this time to discuss Ingmar Bergman’s 1951 film Summer Interlude. Read the full post and find a link to the podcast.

Categories Film Reviews, Ingmar Bergman, Podcast Leave a comment

T. Coraghessan Boyle: “The Fugitive”

June 27, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Fugitive.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, T. Coraghessan Boyle Tags 2016 New Yorker Fiction 33 Comments

Alice Munro: “The Progress of Love”

August 3, 2017June 24, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy begin Alice Munro’s The Progress of Love by looking at its title story.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 7 Comments

The Eclipse Viewer 44: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara Part I

June 22, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

David and Trevor are back with the next installment of The Eclipse Viewer. In this episode we discuss the first three films in Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara. Read the full post and get links to the show.

Categories Eclipse Viewer, Film Reviews, Koreyoshi Kurahara Tags Criterion Collection Leave a comment

Paul Theroux: “Upside-Down Cake”

June 20, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Paul Theroux’s “Upside-Down Cake.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Paul Theroux Tags 2016 New Yorker Fiction 12 Comments
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