Alice Munro: “Spaceships Have Landed”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Spaceships Have Landed,” from Open Secrets.
Trevor Berrett
Elaine May: Mikey and Nicky
Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky is a terrific film that explores toxic masculinity before it even had a name.
Haruki Murakami: “Cream”
This week’s New Yorker story is Haruki Murakami’s “Cream,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Alice Munro: “A Wilderness Station”
Trevor and Betsy take a look at Alice Munro’s “A Wilderness Station,” from Open Secrets.
Raúl Zurita: INRI
Raúl Zurita’s INRI is a powerful volume of poetry that makes the sea, mountains, rivers, deserts, and fields of Chile a tomb for the disappeared of Pinochet’s reign. The sky is the tombstone. It’s a stunning book, coming to us now in a translation from the Spanish by William Rowe.
The Criterion Collection Announces April 2019 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced its April 2019 releases.
Salvatore Scibona: “Do Not Stop”
This week’s New Yorker story is Salvatore Scibona’s “Do Not Stop,” an excerpt from his forthcoming novel The Volunteer.
Alice Munro: “The Jack Randa Hotel”
Trevor and Betsy return to Alice Munro’s work, looking at “The Jack Randa Hotel,” from her collection Open Secrets.
William Maxwell: They Came Like Swallows
After nearly a decade, I return to the work of William Maxwell. They Came Like Swallows is Maxwell’s second novel and often listed as one of his masterpieces alongside So Long, See You Tomorrow. Here are my thoughts.
The Story Prize Finalists
This morning the three finalists for The Story Prize were announced. Come see what they are!