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Hanif Kureishi: “She Said He Said”

July 15, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Hanif Kureishi’s “She Said He Said.”

Alice Munro: “Comfort”

July 12, 2019

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Comfort,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Bruno Dumont: La vie de Jésus and L’humanité

July 10, 2019

Recently The Criterion Collection released Bruno Dumont’s first two feature films, La vie de Jésus and L’humanité. They are slow and sometimes brutal explorations of violence and compassion. Trevor takes a look.

Alice Munro: “Family Furnishings”

July 8, 2019

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Family Furnishings,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Karen Russell: “The Prospectors”

July 3, 2019

Trevor revisits Karen Russell’s strange, fun, but perhaps ultimately disappointing story, “The Prospectors,” from her most recent collection Orange World.

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