Tag: The New Yorker

Brilliant interview with Rebecca Curtis

Posted in Interview, Podcast, Short Story, Writing

Eric Rosenblum had a sit-down with Rebecca Curtis, a writer whose stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, n+1, and elsewhere. This was for their “Dan & Eric Read The New Yorker So You Don’t Have To” podcast. The Rebecca Curtis episode Random notes: Curtis unapologetically rips off other stories authors. Need a plot?… Continue reading Brilliant interview with Rebecca Curtis

Sally Rooney’s Normal People wins Book of the Year

Posted in Fiction, Novel, Short Story

I first came across Sally Rooney in The New Yorker this year. “Color and Light” was an amazing, unsettling story. If you like, you can devote 35 minutes of your life to listening to Rooney herself read the story here. While you’re listening to things, Dan & Eric had a good discussion on the story… Continue reading Sally Rooney’s Normal People wins Book of the Year

How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card

Posted in Library, Movies

I read Peter Heller’s The River through OverDrive on my e-reader, thanks to my library card. (The novel was wonderful, despite its rushed ending.) I’ve also got Hoopla installed, and use RB Digital to read The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and more. I mean, I know a little something about using apps/programs to… Continue reading How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card

Porochista Khakpour in Guernica, 2010

Posted in Short Story

Ran across this lovely Porochista Khakpour story in Guernica from 2010. The story ticks off a couple literary mag boxes. 1) A man and woman are having domestic trouble, and 2) One of them teaches college classes. Of course, where it goes from there is what makes the story worth your reading. In a sense, it… Continue reading Porochista Khakpour in Guernica, 2010