Fiction

Michael Mann Returns to the Scene of the Crime

Michael Mann Returns to the Scene of the Crime Michael Mann Returns to the Scene of the Crime

Why did the director, for his first novel, write a sequel of Heat? 

Sep 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Adam Nayman

Werner Herzog’s Exit From Civilization

Werner Herzog’s Exit From Civilization Werner Herzog’s Exit From Civilization

In his debut as a novelist, the filmmaker takes us to the jungles of the Philippines.

Sep 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Paul Franz

Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation

His painterly fictions strive against language’s limitations to accurately describe the world in all its horror and randomness.

Aug 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Boyd

Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at a 2019 discussion of

Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence

Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.

Aug 18, 2022 / Pranay Somayajula

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate.

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds

In her new novel, Moshfegh explores the brutish world of the Middle Ages.

Aug 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elvia Wilk

Juan Emar

Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard

Influenced by the Surrealists, the obscure Chilean novelist took to task the social realist status quo in his magical fiction.

Aug 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hanson O’Haver 

Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse

Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse

Examining an isolated life, in the wake of an unknown cataclysm, The Wall forces its readers to confront their relationship to the natural world.

Aug 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams

Vladimir Sorokin’s Anti-Realism

Vladimir Sorokin’s Anti-Realism Vladimir Sorokin’s Anti-Realism

For the Russian novelist, the end of Soviet literary and political culture marked the loss of a powerful foil.

Jul 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Gregory Afinogenov

The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller

The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller

Her chronicles of the last days of American countercultural life New York's downtown scene bursts with energy. 

Jul 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoe Dubno

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