Tag: Books
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Discussed: Scorpions by Yumiko Kurahashi (translated by Michael Day); Amygdalatropolis by B.R. Yeager If you spend enough time following literary controversies online, you may have encountered people quarreling over whether… more ›
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Has any novelist been remembered for two books as wildly disparate as Russell Hoban? His Turtle Diary is a largely realistic work of mid-life anomie; his Riddley Walker is a… more ›
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Discussed: Jarrett Kobek, Soft & Cuddly; Charlotte Reber, Dragon Age II In the last four days, I have spent something like 15 hours playing Baldur’s Gate III. This anecdote is… more ›
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I suspect that at some point in the next 18 months, the majority of the email in my inbox will be from imaginary people asking me to give money to… more ›
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With apologies to Refused, sometimes the classics don’t go out of style Émile Zola (translated by Elinor Dorday), La Débâcle We all have gaps in our reading history. In the… more ›
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Thoughts on two (or five) books and a general update Cesare Pavese, The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese (translated by R. W. Flint) Sometimes the internet is good. I was… more ›
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Quick thoughts on two very strange, very compelling books in translation. The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio De Maria; translated by Ramon Glazov The Twenty Days of Turin messed… more ›
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It began with a podcast. Specifically, an episode of Reading Writers in which guest Nicholas Russell discussed several authors of uncanny fiction whose work he admired. One of them was… more ›
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I can’t say precisely why, but I’ve been on a short story collection kick lately. Maybe it’s been Aaron Burch’s story-centric newsletter; maybe it’s because I’m looking to write more… more ›
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On Thursday, the National Book Critics Circle Awards for publishing year 2025 took place. Publishers Weekly has an excellent write-up of the event, which I highly recommend checking out. I… more ›
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