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Jeff Vandermeer: Annihilation

June 24, 2014

Trevor reviews the first part of Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation (2014). Read the full post.

Peter Weir: Picnic at Hanging Rock

June 23, 2014

Last week The Criterion Collection released a remastered dual-format edition of Peter Weir’s 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock, a mysterious film about the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls during a school outing in 1900. Trevor reviews the film and discusses the new Criterion edition. Read the full post.

Rebecca Curtis: “The Pink House”

June 23, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Rebecca Curtis’s “The Pink House.” Read the full post.

2014 PEN Translation Prize Shortlist

June 20, 2014

The five finalists for this year’s PEN Translation Prize have been announced (with an amazing three of the five coming from NYRB Classics!). Read the full post and get links to the four we’ve reviewed here.

2014 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award Finalists

June 20, 2014

The six finalists have been announced. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Read the full post.

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