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
In her new novel, Moshfegh explores the brutish world of the Middle Ages.
Aug 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elvia Wilk
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
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
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
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
What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today
The latest entry in Andrew Holleran’s biographical fiction project, Kingdom of Sand, offers a portrait of the post-Stonewall generation confronting death and history.
Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Gutterman Tranen
Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education
The Danish novelist and poet was a rare writer—one who shunned sentiment but not empathy in her stories.
Jul 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada” A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada”
A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership.
Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil
His novel Mr. President is a masterwork of political fiction and a prime example of linguistic beauty in the Latin American tradition.
Jul 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Mario Vargas Llosa