The New Yorker: “All You Have to Do” by Sarah Braunstein

March 16, 2015: “All You Have to Do” by Sarah Braunstein It’s 1972, Sid is 16, and he meets Bill, a tin foil salesman….

The New Yorker: “A Death” by Stephen King

March 9, 2015: “A Death” by Stephen King I’ve never been a fan of King’s and this story is definitely not going to change…

The New Yorker: “Kino” by Haruki Murakami

February 23 & March 2, 2015: “Kino” by Haruki Murakami The story is about a Japanese man who works for a sporting goods company…

The New Yorker: “Labyrinth” by Amelia Gray

February 16, 2015: “Labyrinth” by Amelia Gray In the Q&A with Amelia Gray we learn that the story is a retelling of the Theseus…

The New Yorker: “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison

February 9, 2015: “Sweetness” by Toni Morrison This is an excerpt from Morrison’s new novel, God Help the Child, due out in April this…

The New Yorker: “Alice” by Elizabeth Harrower

February 2, 2015: “Alice” by Elizabeth Harrower This story, set in Australia, has the feeling of a fairy tale, one that concludes with the…

The New Yorker: “Inventions” by Isaac Bashevis Singer

January 26, 2015: “Inventions” by Isaac Bashevis Singer According to This Week in Fiction: Isaac Bashevis Singer this story was published in Yiddish in…

The New Yorker: “Breadman” by J. Robert Lennon

January 19, 2015: “Breadman” by J. Robert Lennon Weird story. I liked it. The first person narrator joins a queue in a small shop…

The New Yorker: “The Crabapple Tree” by Robert Coover

January 12, 2015: “The Crabapple Tree” by Robert Coover Coover’s story from last January, “The Frog Prince,” is what ended my New Yorker commentaries,…

The New Yorker: “The Ways” by Colin Barrett

January 5, 2015: “The Ways” by Colin Barrett Here’s what I didn’t like about this story: (1) Little sense of place. Because Pell has…