Fiction

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Her new novel, The Other Americans, looks at the life of an immigrant family in a small town in the Mojave.

Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism

Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism Maurice Carlos Ruffin Confronts the Horror and Spectacle of Racism

His debut novel, We Cast a Shadow, is among a series of recent works that pair analysis of race with grim, fantastical tales of metamorphosis.

Apr 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos

Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos

The New Me and other recent novels use millennial tropes as shortcuts to generational fatigue.

Apr 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Katie Bloom

What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless

What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless What to Do When Art Leaves You Speechless

Optic Nerve, the debut novel from Argentine writer María Gainza, is an exquisite and intimate look into one person’s idiosyncratic vision of art history.

Apr 8, 2019 / Dustin Illingworth

The Houston You Don’t Know

The Houston You Don’t Know The Houston You Don’t Know

Bryan Washington’s short-story collection Lot is a loving, multifaceted picture of a Texas metropolis in flux.     

Apr 2, 2019 / Bradley Babendir

‘How Do You Address Disappearance?’: A Q&A With Valeria Luiselli

‘How Do You Address Disappearance?’: A Q&A With Valeria Luiselli ‘How Do You Address Disappearance?’: A Q&A With Valeria Luiselli

Her new novel, Lost Children Archive, spotlights the mistreatment of migrant children, and in the process, interrogates timely questions about storytelling during times of crisis.&...

Apr 1, 2019 / John Washington

Rediscovering Nelson Algren

Rediscovering Nelson Algren Rediscovering Nelson Algren

The literary giant’s unique resonance in our anti-capitalist moment.

Mar 19, 2019 / Dan Simon

Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything

Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything

The Spanish writer’s sprawling Nocilla trilogy is a contemporary epic.

Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis

Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Hunting for Lions and Liberation Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Rachel Ingalls’s 1983 novel Binstead’s Safari is a fable-like account of the price of feminism and the freedom from domesticity.

Mar 13, 2019 / Maya Binyam

The Post-Apocalyptic Novel Meets the Trump Presidency (Aboard a Giant Zeppelin)

The Post-Apocalyptic Novel Meets the Trump Presidency (Aboard a Giant Zeppelin) The Post-Apocalyptic Novel Meets the Trump Presidency (Aboard a Giant Zeppelin)

Mark Doten’s masterful satiric novel Trump Sky Alpha imagines how a world without the internet pushed Trump to doomsday measures.

Mar 6, 2019 / Lisa Borst

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