Gwen gets fired up about reading—you guessed it—new fiction this year, while Frank dips into the backlist of a new favorite author. Plus: New Year's resolutions, The Bachelor, and the best short stories of 2018.
Best American Short Stories 2018, ed. by Roxane Gay
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
Encocylopedia Britannica's quick summary of "Beowulf"—or check out lots of versions of the actual poem from the Library
