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Mariana Enríquez: “Spiderweb”

December 12, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction — the last of 2016 — is Mariana Enríquez’s “Spiderwebs.” Read the full post.

Laurie Anderson: Heart of a Dog

December 6, 2016

Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing Laurie Anderson’s essay film Heart of a Dog, a release that really surprised me with its tender rumination on life’s journey. Read the full post.

Joseph O’Neill: Pardon Edward Snowden

December 5, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joseph O’Neill’s “Pardon Edward Snowden.” Read the full post.

Gay Talese: The Voyeur’s Motel

December 2, 2016

Chris reviews Gay Talese’s The Voyeur’s Motel, a look at the decades-long voyeurism of Gerald Foos. Read the full post.

Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos

November 30, 2016

Recently, The Library of America released a unique, poetic, two-volume boxed set of scientific writing: Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos. Read the full post.

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