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Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies

January 15, 2018April 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies.

Categories Book Reviews, Jhumpa Lahiri Tags 1990s, 1999, Pulitzer Prize, Short Story 12 Comments

Cynthia Ozick: The Shawl

November 3, 2017February 12, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl, which collects two short, connected works: “The Shawl” and “Rosa.”

Categories Book Reviews, Cynthia Ozick Tags 1980s, 1989, Short Story 8 Comments

John Updike: Bech: A Book

November 3, 2017February 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews John Updike’s first collection of stories about Henry Bech, from 1970, Bech: A Book.

Categories Book Reviews, John Updike Tags 1970, 1970s, Short Story 9 Comments

Richard Yates: Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

September 26, 2017October 26, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Yates short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Yates Tags 1960s, 1962, Short Story 10 Comments

Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried

September 25, 2017September 11, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Tim O’Brien’s short story collection/Vietnam War memoir The Things They Carried.

Categories Book Reviews, Tim O'Brien Tags 1990, 1990s, Short Story 16 Comments

Nam Le: The Boat

September 23, 2017July 19, 2008 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Nam Le’s debut collection of short stories, The Boat.

Categories Book Reviews, Nam Le Tags 2000s, 2008, Short Story 10 Comments
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