Ilana Masad is a queer Israeli-American fiction writer and book critic. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Joyland Magazine, StoryQuarterly, Broadly, Lit Hub, and more. She is a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is the founder and host of The Other Stories podcast.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
In the In-Between: Identity, Place, and Nuance in Anita Felicelli’s “Love Songs for a Lost Continent”
"Love Songs for a Lost Continent" by Anita Felicelli, her debut short story collection, is a marvel of nuance, with each story complicating the narrative....
A Fabulist Tour of “Awayland”
Ramona Ausubel’s “Awayland” weaves a beautiful tapestry of emotion and whimsy....
Middle East, Middle Class: Pain and Privilege in Hala Alyan’s “Salt Houses”
Ilana Masad reviews Hala Alyan's "Salt Houses."...
The Color of Art: On Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s Debut
Ilana Masad on Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's "Harmless Like You."...
