Presidential Purgatories: George Saunders’s “Lincoln in the Bardo”
Matt Sandler on George Saunders's debut novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo."...
Getting Out of Our Normal Crap: George Saunders on Writing and Transcendence
Steve Paulson interviews George Saunders about writing, Buddhism, the Civil War, and “Lincoln in the Bardo.”...
City as Campus: A Conversation with B. G. Firmani
Pete Tosiello talks to B. G. Firmani about her debut novel, "Time's a Thief."...
The Strange, Irreverent Worlds of “Down Below” and “The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington”
Emily Wells looks at two new rereleases from Leonora Carrington....
Mother’s Milk: On “Lilli de Jong” by Janet Benton
Susan Barr-Toman reviews Janet Benton's debut novel....
A Murderer, A Martyr, a Daughter, a Lover: Four Ways of Looking at Abortion
A crop of new books — a novel and three memoirs — add complexity to the seemingly insurmountable national divide over abortion....
This is Mother Love in Lisa See’s “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane”
Diana Wagman on Lisa See's "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane."...
Getting Folks to Come Out to Your Kickball Game: Dennie Wendt’s American Soccer Novel
Dan Friedman plays ball with “Hooper’s Revolution” by Dennie Wendt....
One Sentence on Top of Another: On László Krasznahorkai’s “The Last Wolf”
Isaac Nowell wades into the “slow lava-flow” of “The Last Wolf” by László Krasznahorkai....
Love in the Time of Lotus
Lijia Zhang’s novel “Lotus” describes the life of a prostitute in China....
Consider the Crocodile: Qiu Miaojin’s Lesbian Bestiary
Ari Larissa Heinrich explores the political moment and enduring legacy of Qiu Miaojin’s “Notes of a Crocodile.”...
Middle East, Middle Class: Pain and Privilege in Hala Alyan’s “Salt Houses”
Ilana Masad reviews Hala Alyan's "Salt Houses."...
