Jean-Luc Godard: Masculin féminin
Recently The Criterion Collection released a Blu-ray upgrade of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1966 film Masculin féminin. While I have always struggled to embrace Godard’s work, this one got me in the right space.
Trevor Berrett
Jack Spicer: After Lorca
Jack Spicer’s After Lorca is a wonderful collection of poetry, poetry in translation, and poetry theory. I loved it!
J.M. Holmes: “Children of the Good Book”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is J.M. Holmes’s “Children of the Good Book.”
Anthony Mann: The Furies
Anthony Mann’s 1950 film, The Furies, has just been released on Blu-ray. Its a magnificent release of a great film.
Elizabeth von Arnim: The Enchanted April
What a treat! I adored Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, which I read as part of my 2021 NYRB Classics List of Betterment.
2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Today the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist was announced.
Natalia Ginzburg: Family and Borghesia
Last month NYRB Classics released Natalia Ginzburg’s novellas Family and Borghesia in one lovely edition. It’s my year of reading Ginzburg!
