Trevor Berrett
Alice Munro: “Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass,” from Friend of My Youth.
Daniel Mendelsohn: An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Daniel Mendelsohn has written a wonderful memoir that is both a touching and nuanced account of his relationship with his father as well as a fascinating look at the great epic The Odyssey.
Ben Marcus: “Blueprints for St. Louis”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ben Marcus’s “Blueprints for St. Louis.”
Kelly Reichardt: Certain Women
This week, The Criterion Collection has released Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 film Certain Women. The film, based on three short stories by Maile Meloy, is an immediate favorite here.
Jonas Hassen Khemiri: “As You Would Have Told It to Me (Sort Of) If We Had Known Each Other Before You Died”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s “As You Would Have Told It to Me (Sort Of) If We Had Known Each Other Before You Died.” This was translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
The Criterion Collection Announces December 2017 Releases
Today The Criterion Collection announced its December 2017 releases.
The 2017 Man Booker Prize Shorlist
The judges have whittled down a strong longlist to form the 2017 Man Booker Prize Shortlist.