Recently, The Library of America released a unique, poetic, two-volume boxed set of scientific writing: Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews László Krasznahorkai’s The Last Wolf, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes, and Herman: The Game Warden & The Death of a Craft, translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, recently published by New Direction in a lovely double-sided volume.
In his first post for this site (welcome!), Paul reviews Ali Smith’s most recent novel, Autumn.
Trevor and Betsy examine Alice Munro’s “Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux,” from The Progress of Love.
Trevor reviews NYRB Classics’ latest volume of Robert Walser’s brief musings, Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories, translated from the German by Tom Whalen, with Nicole Köngeter and Annette Wiesner. Read the full post.
It’s always a momentous occasion when a living author gets their work released in The Library of America. It has rarely happened, and I think the only other living author in there now is Philip Roth, but it has recently happened once again. Ursula K. Le Guin, the 86-year-old whose career started over sixty years … Read more
Lee reviews Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project, just shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the rare thriller to do so. Read the full post.
Chris reviews Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Chris isn’t having it. Read the full post.
Lee reviews David Means’s Booker longlisted novel Hystopia. Read the full post.
Trevor reviews Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton, which was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read the full post.