Trevor Berrett Sabina Berman is a well regarded playwright, film director, and screenwriter, having written a screenplay for, among other things, Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love for director Alfonso Cuarón (though it has not been made into a film yet in the nearly eight years since it was announced). I was looking forward to her novel, Me, Who Dove … Read more
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Yu Hua’s “Victory” (tr. from the Chinese by Allan Barr) was originally published in the August 26, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy “Victory,” by Yu Hua, begins with an appealing story telling style: several mysteries are presented to the reader — a young woman … Read more
Trevor and his sons, Carter and Holland, review two Dorothy Kunhardt children’s books from the 1930s, Junket Is Nice and Now Open the Box. Read the full post.
This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “Surrender (Part III)” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. If you recall, the last post in this series dealt with “Godliness … Read more
This post is part of a series dedicated to Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, from The Library of America. “Godliness (Parts I and II)” comes from Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. For an introduction to this series and for links to the other posts, please click here. The four parts that make up “Godliness” (the first two … Read more
Gettysburg, a pivotal battle in the American Civil War, was fought on July 1 – 3, 1863, making this year the 150th anniversary. As far as I know, I have no personal relationship to the battle; none of my relatives were there, and I grew up on the other side of the country. But when I had the opportunity … Read more
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Zadie Smith’s “Meet the President!” was originally published in the August 12 & 19, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy Zadie Smith’s “Meet the President!” is fitted with one visual after another, as if trying to sell its movie rights: boy on … Read more
Trevor reviews Luis Buñuel’s 1961 film and Palm d’Or winner, Viridiana. Read the full post.
I have not gone off the deep end — I don’t think — and have started a new project that will run independently of The Mookse and the Gripes, a new solo podcast called The Worlds and Works of Shakespeare. The plan (and I’ve done a lot of prep work so I’m hoping it goes … Read more
Trevor reviews Simon Leys’ collected essays, The Hall of Uselessness. Read the full post.