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2017 National Book Award Shortlists

October 4, 2017

The 2017 National Book Award Shortlists have been announced.

October 2017: Books to Read

October 2, 2017

October is always the time of year where I feel like settling down with a good book. Here are several coming out this month that excite me the most.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: “Likes”

October 2, 2017

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s “Likes.”

Alice Munro Friend of My Youth

Alice Munro: “Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass”

September 29, 2017

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass,” from Friend of My Youth.

Daniel Mendelsohn: An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

September 28, 2017

Daniel Mendelsohn has written a wonderful memoir that is both a touching and nuanced account of his relationship with his father as well as a fascinating look at the great epic The Odyssey.

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