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NYRB Classics September Book Club: Jan Morris’s Hav

September 3, 2015

If you don’t know about it, come check out the NYRB Classics group on GoodReads. This September, we are reading Jan Morris’s Hav. Read the full post.

Alice Munro: “Providence”

September 3, 2015

Trevor and Betsy continue to look at Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid, focusing this post on “Providence.”

Ernst Lothar: The Vienna Melody

September 2, 2015

Lori Feathers reviews Ernst Lothar’s 1944 family saga, The Vienna Melody, translated from the German by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, and coming from Europa Editions. Read the full post.

Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s

September 1, 2015

Today, The Library of America is releasing a two-volume box set entitled Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s, a fantastic set that helps us reconceptualize the role of women authors in our literary history. Trevor takes a look at the new, exciting set. Read the full post.

Danielle McLaughlin: “In the Act of Falling”

August 31, 2015

This week’s New Yorker story is Danielle McLaughlin’s “In the Act of Falling.” Come join the discussion! Read the full post.

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