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Sheila Heti: “The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea”

January 20, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sheila Heti’s “The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea.”

Pat Barker: The Voyage Home

January 14, 2025

Here’s hoping that the latest in Pat Barker’s series following the Trojan War, The Voyage Home, is not the last!

Han Ong: “Ming”

January 13, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Han Ong’s “Ming.”

Kanak Kapur: “Prophecy”

January 6, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Kanak Kapur’s “Prophecy.”

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

December 27, 2024

I finally read what many consider to be the greatest novel Charles Dickens wrote, his 1850 Bildungsroman David Copperfield.

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