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Muriel Spark: The Abbess of Crewe

February 18, 2016

Trevor reviews Muriel Spark’s 1974 novel The Abbess of Crewe. Read the full post.

Eleanor Perényi: More Was Lost

February 17, 2016

Trevor reviews Eleanor Perényi’s 1946 memoir More Was Lost, just released by NYRB Classics. Read the full post.

The Criterion Collection Announces May 2016 Releases

February 16, 2016

Today The Criterion Collection announced what it will be releasing in May 2016. Read the full post.

Charles Chaplin: The Kid

February 16, 2016

The Kid d. Charles Chaplin (1921) The Criterion Collection Spine: #799 Blu-ray Release Date: February 16, 2016 Screen captures below are taken from The Criterion Collection Blu-ray disc. In the first five years of Chaplin’s career he worked for four studios, moving from one lucrative contract to another more lucrative contract almost yearly. We covered Flicker Alley’s excellent

Don DeLillo: Sine Cosine Tangent

February 15, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Don DeLillo’s “Sine Cosine Tangent.” Read the full post and join the conversation.

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