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Sherman Alexie: “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest”

May 29, 2017

This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Sherman Alexie’s “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.

Alice Munro: “Jesse and Meribeth”

May 26, 2017

Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Jesse and Meribeth,” from The Progress of Love.

The 2017 Rathbones Folio Prize Winner

May 25, 2017

This year’s winner of the Rathbone’s Folio Prize has been announced.

David Grossman: A Horse Walks into a Bar

May 25, 2017

Chris reviews David Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen and recently shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.

Jacques Audiard: Dheepan

May 24, 2017

Trevor reviews Jacques Audiard’s 2015 Palme d’Or winner Dheepan, out this week on home video from The Criterion Collection.

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