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Jean Stafford: “Children Are Bored on Sunday”

November 26, 2018

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.

John Updike: “Snowing in Greenwich Village”

November 26, 2018

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.

Garth Greenwell: “The Frog King”

November 19, 2018

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

The Criterion Collection Announces February 2019 Releases

November 15, 2018

The Criterion Collection has announced its February 2019 releases.

Sam Lipsyte: “Show Recent Some Love”

November 12, 2018

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

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