Kevin Canty: “Mayfly”

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Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers).  Kevin Canty’s “Mayfly” was originally published in the January 28, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Though Kevin Canty has been around for a while (with four novels and three collections of short … Read more

Ricardo Lísias: “Evo Morales”

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Ricardo Lísias’s “Evo Morales” (tr. from the Portuguese by Nick Caistor) is the fourth story in Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists. For an overview of the issue and links to my reviews of its other stories, please click here. Before I read “Evo Morales” I read the tiny biography of Lísias in the … Read more

Christopher S. Stewart: Jungleland

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I briefly discussed my fascination with lost civilizations when I reviewed David Grann’s The Lost City of Z (my review here). As much as I enjoyed that book, it still left a hollow feeling in the end. After all, David Grann’s own journey, which he recounts in alternate chapters of the book, was relatively uneventful and, though I’m sure it … Read more

Story Prize Finalists Announced

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The three finalists for the Story Prize were announced today (click here to see their release). The winner will be announced on March 13. Stay Awake, by Dan Chaon This Is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz Battleborn, by Claire Vaye Watkins

NBCC Award Finalists Announced

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Today the National Book Critics Circle announced its finalists for the 2012 publishing year (click here for their release). The winners will be announced on February 28: Fiction HHhH, by Laurent Binet, tr. from the French by Sam Taylor Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson Magnificence, … Read more

Tessa Hadley: “Experience”

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Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Tessa Hadley’s “Experience” was originally published in the January 21, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor Though not nearly as high as the excitement I felt last week when we got a new story from William Trevor, I do get excited every … Read more