Sweet and Low

Fight No More

Nandini Balial is a writer from India and Texas. Her work has appeared in the New Republic, The A.V. Club, Pacific Standard, and The Week, among others. She lives and works in Toledo, Ohio.

Nandini Balial

Resurrection of the American Short Story: Nick White’s “Sweet and Low” and Lydia Millet’s “Fight No More”

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

Fiction

Manhattan Beach

Pulling in and Down: On Jennifer Egan’s “Manhattan Beach”

The Boat Rocker

Get Your Sea Legs for Ha Jin’s “The Boat Rocker”

California Teeming: An Interview with “You’re the Worst” Creator Stephen Falk

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen

Television

Nandini Balial is a writer from India and Texas. Her work has appeared in the New Republic, The A.V. Club, Pacific Standard, and The Week, among others. She lives and works in Toledo, Ohio.