Sherman Alexie: “Happy Trails”

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Sherman Alexie’s “Happy Trails” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor I haven’t read a lot of Sherman Alexie, but I have enjoyed the bits […]

Ed Park: “Slide to Unlock”

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Ed Park’s “Slide to Unlock” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. I know little about Ed Park. I believe the first thing I read […]

Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love”

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Brotherly Love” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy “Brotherly Love” takes place in India more than 40 years ago. Two brothers, so close they are practically twins, grow up in […]

Annie Proulx: “Rough Deeds”

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Annie Proulx’s “Rough Deeds” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Of all the stories in this week’s issue, the one I was most looking […]

Akhil Sharma: “We Didn’t Like Him”

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Akhil Sharma’s “We Didn’t Like Him” was originally published in the June 3, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy I liked Akhil Sharma’s “We Didn’t Like Him,” whose setting is the land of death and what we do […]

Steven Millhauser: “Thirteen Wives”

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Steven Millhauser’s “Thirteen Wives” was originally published in the May 27, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy Steven Millhauser’s “Thirteen wives” is a mix of fiction, fantasy, advice, and memoir, and it’s magnificent.  In thirteen parts, ostensibly told by a man with thirteen wives, […]

Ben Marcus: “The Dark Arts”

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Ben Marcus’s “The Dark Arts” was originally published in the May 20, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor “The Dark Arts” takes us to Düsseldorf where a young man named Julian Bledstein, suffering from some kind of autoimmune disorder, is seeking experimental treatment […]

Fiona McFarlane: “Art Appreciation”

Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Fiona McFarlane’s “Art Appreciation” was originally published in the May 13, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Betsy Fiona McFarlane makes this remark to interviewer Deborah Treisman about Henry, her main character in “Art Appreciation”: […]