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William Trevor: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil”

June 19, 2017

This week’s New Yorker story is “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil,” by the wonderful and recently departed William Trevor.

Ermek Shinarbaev: Revenge

June 17, 2017

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2, recently released by The Criterion Collection, contains the third feature from Soviet director Ermek Shinarbaev, his 1989 film Revenge.

The Criterion Collection Announces September 2017 Releases

June 16, 2017

Today The Criterion Collection announced its September 2017 releases.

2017 Man Booker International Prize Winner

June 14, 2017

This year’s Man Booker International Prize winner has been announced!

Andrew Sean Greer: “It’s a Summer Day”

June 13, 2017

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Andrew Sean Greer’s “It’s a Summer Day,” which appears to be an excerpt from his forthcoming novel Less.

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