Nicolas Roeg: Don’t Look Now
Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now on Blu-ray and DVD. Trevor takes a look at the film and this edition. Read the full post
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2015 Folio Prize Shortlist
The Folio Prize has announced this year’s shortlist of eight books. Read the full post.
Amelia Gray: “Labyrinth”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Amelia Gray’s “Labyrinth.” Read the full post.
Episode 15: Stefan Zweig
Trevor and Brian turn to Stefan Zweig in Episode 15 of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, featuring a long conversation with George Prochnik, author of The Impossible Exile, a biography of Stefan Zweig. Read the full post and listen to the podcast.
Alice Munro: The Beggar Maid
Soon we’ll be starting our trek through the pieces in Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid. Here is the index post. Come and join us!
Releases Episode 3
Here Trevor talks about some books coming to us in the first couple of weeks of February. Read the post and listen to the episode.
Toni Morrison: “Sweetness”
This week The New Yorker disappoints Trevor by publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming novel rather than a genuine short story. That it is from Toni Morrison does little to sweeten the deal. He shares his thoughts on Morrison’s “Sweetness.” Read the full post.
Alice Munro: “The Ottawa Valley”
Trevor and Betsy finish Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by exploring Alice Munro’s brilliant “The Ottawa Valley.”
Silvina Ocampo: Thus Were Their Faces
Trevor looks at the treasures in Silvina Ocampo’s Thus Were Their Faces, a comprehensive collection of her short stories out today from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.
Elizabeth Harrower: “Alice”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Alice,” by Elizabeth Harrower. Harrower, now in her late 80s, stopped writing fiction approximately 45 years ago, around the same time that she pulled her final book from publication. This story was written sometime back when she was actively writing, but it’s only making its way to us now (fantastic to say that about a piece of New Yorker fiction two weeks in a row!). Read the full post