Edwidge Danticat: “Sunrise, Sunset”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Sunrise, Sunset,” by Edwidge Danticat.
Trevor Berrett
Alice Munro: “Five Points”
Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Five Points,” from her collection Friend of My Youth.
John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1991 – 2000
With John Ashbery’s passing on Sunday, at 90, The Library of America has moved up the publication date of their second volume of his poems, John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1991 – 2000. It’s filled to the brim with his unfettered language and his welcoming warmth.
September 2017: Books to Read
Things are picking up steam in the publishing industry, and some of the best books of the year are hitting shelves this month. Here are several I’m most excited by.
Alice Munro: “Friend of My Youth”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Friend of My Youth,” the title story from her 1990 collection.
Richard Stern: Other Men’s Daughters
Trevor looks at Richard Stern’s Other Men’s Daughters, a complicated and often frustrating look at late 1960s New England from a decidedly 1970s perspective.
Patrick Modiano: Such Fine Boys
Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s Such Fine Boys, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti, and published this week by Yale University Press.
Patrick Modiano: Sundays in August
Trevor reviews his new favorite Patrick Modiano book: Sundays in August, translated from the French by Damion Searls.
