2015 Nobel Prize for Literature
This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich. Read the full post.
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The 2015 Giller Prize Shortlist
The 2015 Giller Prize Shortlist has been announced. Read the full post.
Rivka Galchen: “Usl at the Stadium”
This week’s New Yorker story is Rivka Galchen’s “Usl at the Stadium.” Read the full post.
Charles Chaplin: Modern Times
Trevor continues to look at the films of Charlie Chaplin with a look at his 1936 film, Modern Times, the last film featuring The Tramp. Read the full post.
Alice Munro: The Moons of Jupiter
Trevor and Betsy are gearing up to post on all of the stories in Alice Munro’s fifth book, The Moons of Jupiter. Join them!
NYRB Classics October Book Club: Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
If you don’t know about it, come check out the NYRB Classics group on GoodReads. This September, we are reading Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, one of my favorite releases of the year. Read the full post.
The Charlie Chaplin Archives
This month Taschen has released one of the most magnificent books of the year, The Charlie Chaplin Archives. Read the full post.
James Ivory: A Room with a View
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing one of my favorite film adaptations of a classic novel: James Ivory’s 1986 film A Room with a View, based on E.M. Forster’s novel. I review the film and the Criterion edition. Read the full post.
Alice Munro: “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Trevor and Betsy finish Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid with a look at it’s final story, “Who Do You Think You Are?”