In this double episode celebrating pride month, Kate Wolf speaks with the critic Vince Aletti about his new book, “Physique,” and then Eric Newman speaks with Milo Todd about his novel “The Lilac People.”
Rhys Langston reports from Los Angeles.
Josh Billings reviews Russian author Konstantin Vaginov’s newly translated novel “Goat Song.”
Noah Rawlings considers Joan Didion’s “Notes to John.”
Sarah Brouillette reviews Jamie Merchant’s “Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline.”
Ilana Masad interviews Katharine Coldiron about her new collection of essays, “Out There in the Dark.”
Radha Vatsal speaks with Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel about her new story collection, “The Accidentals.”
Nik Slackman speaks with Taylor Lewandowski and Lynne Tillman on the occasion of their new book, “The Mystery of Perception.”
Jon Repetti returns to the scene of writing in Catherine Lacey’s new novel “The Möbius Book.”
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”
Abigail Susik speaks with visual artist Liliane Lijn about her new memoir and her major international exhibition.
Billy J. Stratton examines Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.”
Danielle Chelosky examines Michel Houellebecq’s “Annihilation,” translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Arnaud Gerspacher considers “Sad Planets” by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker.
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with Alison Bechdel about her new graphic novel, “Spent.”
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