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Alexander Pushkin: The Captain’s Daughter

September 2, 2014

Trevor reviews Alexander Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter, translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler. Read the full post.

Thomas McGuane: “Motherlode”

September 1, 2014

This week’s story from The New Yorker is Thomas McGuane’s “Motherlode.” Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer Episode 18: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu

August 29, 2014

David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 18: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.

Jenny Offill: Sparky!

August 29, 2014

Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation, one of the best novels of 2014, has also come out with one of the best children’s books of 2014. Trevor reviews Offill’s latest children’s book, Sparky. Read the full post.

Bonus Episode: Conversation with Gregg Sutter about Elmore Leonard

August 28, 2014

Today, The Library of America is releasing Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1970s, which features Fifty-Two Pickup, Swag, The Unknown Man No. 89, and The Switch. This is the first of three planned volumes. In this bonus episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor interviews the volume’s editor, Gregg Sutter, who was Elmore Leonard’s researcher from 1981 until Mr. Leonard’s death on August 20, 2013. Read the shownotes and listen the podcast.

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