Fiction

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

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  We Lived Inside Sadness Itself

  On Brenda Navarro’s novel ‘Eating Ashes,’ newly translated by Megan McDowell.

  Cory OldweilerJan 20

  • Fiction

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  Haunted by Silence

  In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel ‘The Old Fire,’ newly translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins, two sisters must find a way to communicate without words.

  Grace LindenJan 20

  • Fiction

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  Daddy Reissues

  Dinah Brooke’s 1971 debut novel ‘Love Life of a Cheltenham Lady,’ newly reissued, explores a young woman’s journey to realizing that ‘we should give up the charade’ of ‘heterosexual relationships and the bourgeois family structure.’

  Sophie PooleJan 17

  • Fiction

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  Not Exactly a Thesis

  Brais Lamela explores fiction, history, and the slipperiness of the nonfiction novel in ‘What Remains,’ newly translated by Jacob Rogers.

  Michael BarronJan 15

  • Literary Criticism

  • Fiction

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  The Long Breath of the World

  On László Krasznahorkai’s sentences and what they require of us.

  Nyuol Lueth TongJan 14

  • Literary Criticism

  • Fiction

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  Toward a Feminism Without Gender

  Monique Wittig’s novels ‘The Lesbian Body’ and ‘Across the Acheron’ have just received new editions that reflect the feminist thinker’s ongoing cultural impact.

  Gabriel Ojeda-SaguéJan 12

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Flesh Under Pressure

  Chelsea Davis considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection ‘Near Flesh.’

  Chelsea DavisJan 4

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  We Did Good Enough

  Vesper North ponders Lisa Alvarez’s new story collection.

  Vesper NorthJan 3

  • Fiction

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  Cowardice

  In a story from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security,” Hannah Liberman’s narrator—who has a “lemon-sized” tumor in her throat—faces a possible cancer diagnosis that forces her to confront her memories, relationships, and losses.

  Hannah LibermanDec 25, 2025

  • LARB Lit

  • Fiction

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  Will I Ever Stop Wanting?

  Tierney Finster traverses “Flat Earth,” Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel.

  Tierney FinsterDec 22, 2025

  • Fiction

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  There’s No Telling

  Annie Berke considers timelines not taken in new novels by Erin Somers and Catherine Newman.

  Annie BerkeDec 18, 2025

  • Fiction

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  I Wanted to Tell a Different Story

  Lydi Conklin discusses cancel culture, queer identity, and trauma responses with Anna Marie Cain.

  Anna Marie CainDec 18, 2025

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality