Fiction

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

What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today

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 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

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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

Cadets at a city festival in Guatemala City

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

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