Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel
A conversation about her new book Either/Or, the limits of aesthetic life, and much more.
Jul 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Najwa Jamal
Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick” Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”
Pierre Senges’s avant-garde retelling of Melville's great work asks us what the limits of the novel are.
Jun 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby
Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays
In her third novel, Melchor turns her allegorical powers in an even more explicitly political direction.
Jun 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora
The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile
Following an ardent and obsessive reader, Claire-Louise Bennett’s Checkout 19 asks if one can find all the things they need in life in a book.
Jun 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor
Her new novel, Paradais, is an explosive exploration of the boundaries of the Spanish language and the the banal brutality of everyday violence.
Jun 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
The Walter Tevis Renaissance The Walter Tevis Renaissance
On the revival of one of the most perceptive American chroniclers of addiction.
May 25, 2022 / Jackson Arn
The Ardor of Tessa Hadley The Ardor of Tessa Hadley
Her novels are masterful domestic dramas that obsess over the mechanics of adultery and illicit passion.
May 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney
Olga Ravn’s Office Novel in Space Olga Ravn’s Office Novel in Space
The Employees offers a surreal and biting account of all the hazards and indignities of the contemporary workplace.
May 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis
Jennifer Egan’s World Wide Web Jennifer Egan’s World Wide Web
Her latest novel tackles a favorite topic of her fiction—the excesses of the Internet and modern technologies.
May 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Somers
The Ambitious and Overstuffed World of Hanya Yanagihara The Ambitious and Overstuffed World of Hanya Yanagihara
To Paradise attempts to break out of the common insularity of contemporary fiction, but in doing so it often ends up focusing more on the author.
May 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Tope Folarin