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Robert Walser: Fairy Tales

July 10, 2015

Robert Walser’s playful and sophisticated four dramolettes, featuring Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Christ Child, are now available from New Directions. Trevor reviews Fairy Tales, translated from the German by Daniele Pantano and James Reidel. Read the full post.

2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award Winner

July 8, 2015

The winner of the 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award has been announced. Read the full post.

Terry Gilliam: The Fisher King

July 7, 2015

This past month, The Criterion Collection brought out a title they once had in print on LaserDisc back in the 1990s: Terry Gilliam’s urban chivalric romance The Fisher King. Trevor reviews the film and the new edition. Read the full post.

The Killers

July 7, 2015

Today you can pick up an upgrade of The Criterion Collection’s double feature of films based on Ernest Hemingway’s “The Killers,” featuring Robert Siodmak’s 1946 film noir and Don Siegel’s 1964 crime drama (as well as Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1956 student film version). Trevor reviews the new edition. Read the full post.

Alice Munro: “Half a Grapefruit”

July 6, 2015

Trevor and Betsy continue their work through Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid. Here are their thoughts on “Half a Grapefruit.”

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