Septimus Carr Longform Literary Intersections

Elizabeth Strout

2 essays
The Booker Season Reaches Its Conclusion
Booker Notes
The Booker Season Reaches Its Conclusion

I wrote reviews of the six top Booker contestants and paired them with six classic novels

November 9, 2026
Elizabeth Strout Tries the Patience of Everyday Saints
Fiction Booker Multi Classics
Elizabeth Strout Tries the Patience of Everyday Saints

To many in Gen Z, "The Things We Never Say" is unforgivably centrist. I found it politically audacious, but as art it’s not exactly "Middlemarch".

October 31, 2026
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