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Orange Prize Winner
June 10, 2010
The winner of this year’s Orange Prize has been announced. Read the full post.
Edward Hirsch: The Living Fire
June 8, 2010
Trevor reviews Edward Hirsch’s collection of poetry The Living Fire. Read the full post.
The New Yorker: 20 Under 40
June 7, 2010
With this week’s New Yorker, the magazine kicks off it’s special “20 Under 40” series of stories. This issue features stories by Joshua Ferris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Philipp Meyer, Rivka Galchen, Gary Shteyngart, ZZ Packer, Salvatore Scibona, and C.E. Morgan. Read the full post.
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<p class="gb-text">This week’s New Yorker fiction is Jeffrey Eugenides’s “Extreme Solitude.” <a href="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2010/06/01/jeffrey-eugenides-extreme-solitude/"><u>Read the full post</u></a>.</p>
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