Nathan Scott McNamara

Nathan Scott McNamara also contributes at Literary Hub, the Atlantic, the Millions, the Washington Post, Electric Literature, and more. Follow him at @nathansmcnamara, or read more at nathanscottmcnamara.com.

Articles

The Ultra-Rich Are Different: On Rafael Chirbes’s “Cremation”
The profundity of this sweeping book comes from its fierce attention to particulars.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 24, 2022
- Fiction
A Book with the Structure of a Heroin Stuffed Cabbage: Tice Cin on Keeping the House
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with debut novelist and musician Tice Cin about her recent novel "Keeping the House."
Nathan Scott McNamaraNov 7, 2021
Writing from the Periphery and Renewing the Center: An Interview with Valerie Miles
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews editor Valerie Miles about Granta’s list of Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists.
Nathan Scott McNamaraNov 3, 2021
- Around the World
The Peculiar Thrill of Seeing One’s Words: A Conversation with Mark Haddon on Translator Names on Book Covers
Nathan Scott McNamara asks Mark Haddon about the campaign to put translators’ names on book covers.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 27, 2021
Marking the Passage of Growth: A Conversation with Cartoonist Weng Pixin
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with Singaporean cartoonish Weng Pixin about her latest illustrated book "Let's Not Talk Anymore."
Nathan Scott McNamaraSep 10, 2021
An Immigrant of the Mind: Pola Oloixarac on Mona
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with Pola Oloixarac on the beauty of switching languages and her latest novel "Mona."
Nathan Scott McNamaraAug 9, 2021
Slapstick Melancholia: Yelena Moskovich on A Door Behind a Door
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with author Yelena Moskovich on not fearing badness and her recent book "A Door Behind a Door."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJul 21, 2021
A Home on the Margins: On Eva Baltasar’s “Permafrost”
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 28, 2021
Fear Makes You a Monster: Mariana Enriquez’s Political Horror Allegories
Nathan Scott McNamara finds echoes of the trauma of dictatorship in Mariana Enriquez’s corpus.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 4, 2021
Submersion: The Sensory-Heightened Fiction of Elvira Navarro
Nathan Scott McNamara explores “Rabbit Island,” the new short story collection by Elvira Navarro and translated by Christina MacSweeney.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 24, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Humiliation of No Longer Being Desired: Nathalie Léger’s Investigations of Abandonment
Nathan Scott McNamara considers Nathalie Léger's "The White Dress," out now from Dorothy in a translation by Natasha Lehrer.
Nathan Scott McNamaraDec 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Allegories of Otherness: The Unnerving Isolation of Marie NDiaye’s “That Time of Year”
Nathan Scott McNamara appreciates "That Time of Year," the new novel by Marie NDiaye translated by Jordan Stump.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 29, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Each Moment Bleeding into the Next: On Yoshiharu Tsuge’s “The Swamp”
Nathan Scott McNamara gets bogged down in “The Swamp,” a collection of manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.
Nathan Scott McNamaraAug 8, 2020
- Around the World
- Comics
Life Out of Balance: Deb Olin Unferth’s “Barn 8”
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Deb Olin Unferth's new novel, "Barn 8."
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 26, 2020
- Fiction
“I don't know how we could bear it if we couldn't share in that weirdness”: On Disa Wallander's Becoming Horses
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with cartoonist Disa Wallander about her latest book, "Becoming Horses."
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 24, 2020
“Books Find Their Way to Readers”: The Barcelona Literary Agency Casanovas & Lynch
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to María Lynch and Sandra Pareja of Casanovas & Lynch, a Barcelona-based literary agency.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction