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Toni Morrison: “Sweetness”

February 2, 2015

This week The New Yorker disappoints Trevor by publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming novel rather than a genuine short story. That it is from Toni Morrison does little to sweeten the deal. He shares his thoughts on Morrison’s “Sweetness.” Read the full post.

Jane Gardam: “A Spot of Gothic”

January 30, 2015

Lee looks at Jane Gardam’s “A Spot of Gothic,” from The Stories of Jane Gardam. Read the full post.

Alice Munro: “The Ottawa Valley”

January 29, 2015

Trevor and Betsy finish Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by exploring Alice Munro’s brilliant “The Ottawa Valley.”

Silvina Ocampo: Thus Were Their Faces

January 27, 2015

Trevor looks at the treasures in Silvina Ocampo’s Thus Were Their Faces, a comprehensive collection of her short stories out today from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.

Elizabeth Harrower: “Alice”

January 26, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Alice,” by Elizabeth Harrower. Harrower, now in her late 80s, stopped writing fiction approximately 45 years ago, around the same time that she pulled her final book from publication. This story was written sometime back when she was actively writing, but it’s only making its way to us now (fantastic to say that about a piece of New Yorker fiction two weeks in a row!). Read the full post

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