Trevor Berrett Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Tessa Hadley’s “Valentine” was originally published in the April 8, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor As a fan of Tessa Hadley, I’m excited that she is the first author to have … Read more
When it comes to Robert Walser, I’m only a novitiate. The first thing I read by him was The Tanners back in 2009 when it was released by New Directions (see my thoughts here). Though new to the fold, I easily understand why Walser’s work and life holds so many readers and writers in thrall. There’s a polite yet … Read more
Trevor and Betsy explore Alice Munro’s “Red Dress — 1946,” from Dance of the Happy Shades.
As spring begins to warm up my neck of the woods, what a joy to read a book so filled with life and ideas and pleasure, a book that contemplates what it means to wake up and wander as well as what it means to settle down in repose. Traveler of the Century (El viajero del siglo, 2009; tr. from the … Read more
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Postcard,” from Dance of the Happy Shades.
Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Sarah Braunstein’s “Marjorie Lemke” was originally published in the April 1, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor Marjorie Lemke, the titular character, is twenty years old and she feels like a loser. For me … Read more
“Proving Up” is the fourth story in Karen Russell’s second short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. For an overview with links to reviews of the other stories in this collection, please click here. “Proving Up” was originally published in Zoetrope, Vol. 15, No. 3 as “The Hox River Window.” After not particularly liking the prior two … Read more
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls,” from Dance of the Happy Shades.
Trevor reviews Nancy Mitford’s 1966 biography of Louis XIV (and Versailles), The Sun King. Read the full post.
Yesterday, the 2013 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction was announced (click here for their announcement). Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Finalists were: Threats, by Amelia Gray Kind One, by Laird Hunt Hold It ‘Till It Hurts, by T. Geronimo Johnson Watergate, by Thomas Mallon