Rebecca Curtis: “The Pink House”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Rebecca Curtis’s “The Pink House.” Read the full post.
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2014 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award Finalists
The six finalists have been announced. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Read the full post.
James Joyce: Dubliners
How does a blog called The Mookse and the Gripes go six years without a post on James Joyce? We don’t know, but here we are, showing off the Centennial Edition of James Joyce’s Dubliners. Trevor will be covering each of the stories in the coming weeks/months. Read the full post.
Maile Meloy: “Madame Lazarus”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Maile Meloy’s “Madame Lazarus.” Meloy is a favorite, so it’s always great to get a new short story from her. Betsy shares her thoughts. Read the full post.
Alice Munro: “Forgiveness in Families”
Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Forgiveness in Families,” from her collection Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You.
Jane Gardam: “Hetty Sleeping”
Lee reviews “Hetty Sleeping,” the first story in The Stories of Jane Gardam, just out today in the U.S. from Europa Editions and published last month in the U.K. by Little, Brown. Read the full post.
Ramona Ausubel: “You Can Find Love Now”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ramona Ausubel’s “You Can Find Love Now,” one of the four selected for the summer fiction issue. Trevor shares his thoughts. Read the full post.
Haruki Murakami: “Yesterday”
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”
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”
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.