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Diana Athill: Don’t Look at Me Like That

October 4, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

Diana Athill: Don’t Look at Me Like That

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My 2016 Reading Goals

January 1, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Happy New Year! To start things off, I’ve got a few reading goals that I’ll probably regret come February! Do you have any reading goals for 2016? Read the full post.

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Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s

September 3, 2015September 1, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Today, The Library of America is releasing a two-volume box set entitled Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s, a fantastic set that helps us reconceptualize the role of women authors in our literary history. Trevor takes a look at the new, exciting set. Read the full post.

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Today We Turn Seven

July 7, 2015July 1, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Today The Mookse and the Gripes turns seven! Trevor briefly reflects. Read the full post.

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2015 Best Translated Book Award Finalists

May 5, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

The ten finalists for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award have been announced. Read the full post.

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Clues to Best Translated Book Award Finalists

May 4, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Tomorrow the ten finalists for this year’s Best Translated Book Award will be announced. We’ve got some clues, and I try to solve them to predict the shortlist. Read the full post.

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Clues to Best Translated Book Award Longlist

April 7, 2015April 3, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

The Best Translated Book Award longlist is about to be announced. In this post, I’ve put together the clues we’ve gotten so far about what’s on the list as well as a few of my own prognostications and blind suppositions. Read the full post.

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Giveaway! Lydia Davis’s Can’t and Won’t

March 26, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Two lucky winners from the United States will get a free copy of Lydia Davis’s Can’t and Won’t, which Picador is publishing in paperback next week. Read the full post.

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Reminder: Watch-Along of David Lynch’s Eraserhead

October 13, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

A friendly reminder about the Eraserhead watch-along. Read the full post.

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Reminder — Read-along: Roberto BolaƱo’s 2666

September 6, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

A friendly reminder . . . Read the full post.

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