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Ben Marcus: “Cold Little Bird”

October 12, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ben Marcus’s “Cold Little Bird.” Read the post and join the conversation.

Ronald Blythe: Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

October 9, 2015

Trevor reviews Ronald Blythe’s 1969 book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village.

Episode 16: Bohumil Hrabal

October 8, 2015

In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor is joined by Nick During, from NYRB Classics, Tynan Kogane, from New Directions, and translator Stacey Knecht to discuss the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. Read the post and listen to the podcast.

2015 Nobel Prize for Literature

October 8, 2015

This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich. Read the full post.

Jonathan Franzen: Purity

October 6, 2015

Lee reviews Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Purity. Read the full post.

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