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Jean Stafford: “Children Are Bored on Sunday”

November 26, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week The New Yorker published two stories from their archive as part of their “Holliday Reading” issue. Here we have Jean Stafford’s “Children Are Bored on Sunday,” which was originally published in the February 21, 1948 issue of the magazine.

Categories Jean Stafford, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction, Classic New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

John Updike: “Snowing in Greenwich Village”

November 26, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week The New Yorker published two stories from their archive as part of their “Holliday Reading” issue. Here we have John Updike’s “Snowing in Greenwich Village,” which was originally published in the January 21, 1956 issue of the magazine.

Categories John Updike, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction, Classic New Yorker Fiction 5 Comments

Garth Greenwell: “The Frog King”

November 19, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Garth Greenwell’s “The Frog King.”

Categories Garth Greenwell, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 5 Comments

Sam Lipsyte: “Show Recent Some Love”

November 12, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sam Lipsyte’s “Show Recent Some Love.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Sam Lipsyte Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 18 Comments

Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song”

November 5, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Cattle Praise Song,” translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Scholastique Mukasonga Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

Tony Earley: “Backpack”

October 30, 2018October 29, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Tony Earley’s “Backpack.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Tony Earley Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 14 Comments

Bryan Washington: “Waugh”

October 22, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Waugh,” by Bryan Washington, a new author with his first book, a collection of stories entitled Lot, coming in March 2019.

Categories Bryan Washington, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

Anne Carson: “Flaubert Again”

October 15, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Anne Carson’s very short “Flaubert Again.”

Categories Anne Carson, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 10 Comments

Kevin Barry: “The Coast of Leitrim”

October 8, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Kevin Barry’s “The Coast of Leitrim.”

Categories Kevin Barry, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments

John L’Heureux: “The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark”

October 1, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is John L’Heureux’s “The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark.”

Categories John L'Heureux, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2018 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments
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