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Tony Earley: “Backpack”

October 29, 2018

This week’s New Yorker story is Tony Earley’s “Backpack.”

Alice Munro: “Open Secrets”

October 28, 2018

After a bit of a break, Trevor and Betsy return to their ongoing reading of Alice Munro’s work. This week they look at the title story from Open Secrets.

Anna Burns: Milkman

October 23, 2018

Paul reviews this year’s Man Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman, by Anna Burns.

Bryan Washington: “Waugh”

October 22, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Waugh,” by Bryan Washington, a new author with his first book, a collection of stories entitled Lot, coming in March 2019.

Uwe Johnson: Anniversaries

October 18, 2018

This week marks one of the biggest events in this publishing year: Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl is finally here in all of its glory. Translated from the German by Damion Searls and published by NYRB Classics, this is the best book I’ve read this year (and I’m still reading it!).

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