Sally Rooney’s Fiction for End Times Sally Rooney’s Fiction for End Times
In her third novel, Rooney does more than just respond to critics; she surveys the wreckage of modern life.
Oct 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Tony Tulathimutte
Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction Dana Spiotta’s Political Fiction
In her new novel, Wayward, Spiotta offers an intricate portrait of how one woman experienced the uncertain days and months after Trump’s election.
Sep 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick
The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams
With her first novel in 20 years, Harrow, the radical environmentalist envisions an uncompromising politics necessary for defending the natural world.
Sep 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Piccarella
Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World
His uncanny writing bears witness to the early stages of capitalism offering a glimpse of the natural world before modernity.
Sep 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ratik Asokan
Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados
On her new novel Happy Hour, con artists, and fiction that embraces joy.
Sep 9, 2021 / Q&A / Sophie Kemp
The Fiction of Meaningful Work The Fiction of Meaningful Work
Kikuko Tsumura’s new novel examines what unites jobs good or bad: the stories we tell ourselves to cope with how much toil sucks in the first place.
Aug 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Marie Solis
Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities
His epistolary novel Bolt From the Blue is a sort of Künstlerroman about artistic inspiration, parenthood, and the frustrations of interpretation.
Jul 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney
The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction
Climate catastrophe has transformed a minor literary genre into an important tool of human thought.
Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Kim Stanley Robinson
Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’ Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’
Is it the 1997 film starring Ethan Hawke or is it Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel?
Jul 16, 2021 / The Debate / David M. Perry and Niela Orr
Can a Novel Capture the Tensions of Recent Queer History? Can a Novel Capture the Tensions of Recent Queer History?
An assimilationist and a liberationist play cat-and-mouse in Zak Salih’s debut novel Let’s Get Back to the Party.
Jul 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jake Nevins