Biography of X

Jenny Wu reviews art and books, writes fiction, and occasionally curates. Her work can be found in&nbsp;Astra,&nbsp;BOMB, The&nbsp;Brooklyn Rail, and other venues. She holds degrees in writing and art history from Washington University in St. Louis.&nbsp;

Jenny Wu

Sincerely Paranoid: On Catherine Lacey’s “Biography of X”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

The Age of Goodbyes

Possibly Related Characters: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes”

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes

Literary Fiction

To Write As If Already Dead

“Was It a Betrayal?”: On Kate Zambreno’s “To Write As If Already Dead”

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Memoir &amp; Essay

Jenny Wu reviews art and books, writes fiction, and occasionally curates. Her work can be found in&nbsp;Astra,&nbsp;BOMB, The&nbsp;Brooklyn Rail, and other venues. She holds degrees in writing and art history from Washington University in St. Louis.&nbsp;