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Haruki Murakami: “Yesterday”

June 2, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “Yesterday” (tr. from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel), one of the four selected for the summer fiction issue. Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

Karen Russell: “The Bad Graft”

June 2, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Karen Russell’s “The Bad Graft,” one of the four selected for the summer fiction issue. Read the full post.

David Gilbert: “Here’s the Story”

June 2, 2014

This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Gilbert’s “Here’s the Story,” one of the four selected for the summer fiction issue. Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

2014 New Yorker Fiction Issue

June 2, 2014

We’ll be covering the fiction issue of The New Yorker, and here’s where you’ll find the contents and the links to our thoughts. Read the full post.

Jean Ferry: The Conductor and Other Tales

May 30, 2014

Trevor reviews Jean Ferry’s 1950 short story collection, The Conductor and Other Tales, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin. Read the full post.

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