Fiction

Carmen Maria Machado’s Earnest Vision

Carmen Maria Machado’s Earnest Vision Carmen Maria Machado’s Earnest Vision

Her new fiction collection reminds us that a new, more inclusive world is possible.

Oct 6, 2017 / Larissa Pham

The Many Worlds of Nicole Krauss

The Many Worlds of Nicole Krauss The Many Worlds of Nicole Krauss

In her new novel, Forest Dark, fact and fiction blur.

Oct 3, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern

Requiem for Zeitgeist

Requiem for Zeitgeist Requiem for Zeitgeist

A newly discovered short story, published here for the first time anywhere.

Sep 26, 2017 / Kurt Vonnegut

Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism

Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism

Ranging across the Mediterranean, his novels map out the intermediate space between East and West.

Aug 24, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy

The Uncanny World of Deborah Levy

The Uncanny World of Deborah Levy The Uncanny World of Deborah Levy

The English novelist is a connoisseur of domestic disturbances.

Aug 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

The Impending Crisis

The Impending Crisis The Impending Crisis

Omar El-Akkad’s debut novel imagines a future America riven by civil war.

Jul 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell

Widespread Drought

Welcome to 2050. The ‘Climate Monster’ Has Arrived. Welcome to 2050. The ‘Climate Monster’ Has Arrived.

Here’s the future for a world that failed to act.

Jul 18, 2017 / John Feffer

The Air We Breathe: A Conversation With Arundhati Roy

The Air We Breathe: A Conversation With Arundhati Roy The Air We Breathe: A Conversation With Arundhati Roy

The writer discusses her new novel, love, justice, and Indian politics.

Jul 17, 2017 / Q&A / Ratik Asokan

Grace Paley’s Crowded World

Grace Paley’s Crowded World Grace Paley’s Crowded World

In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.

Jun 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

Percival Everett’s Abstract Art

Percival Everett’s Abstract Art Percival Everett’s Abstract Art

His new novel, So Much Blue, is a meditation on seeing and abstraction, and it might be key for recognizing a new form of literary social critique.

Jun 26, 2017 / Paul Devlin

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