Berfrois

Main Street

Moshe Adler: ‘Economics is so one-sided, I think, because it’s the rich who hire economists; it’s just as simple as that.’

Short story: ‘Agreeable’ by Jonathan Franzen
Poetry podcast: Monica Ferrell reads Beautiful Funeral
Slideshow: Ghada Amer’s Erotic Embroidery
Podcast: Dan Chiasson on Lydia Davis
Illustrated book excerpt: Know Your Rodent
Podcast: The Gold Standard and the Eurozone Crisis