How to Read an Artichoke: On George Saunders’s “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”
Robert Allen Papinchak sits in on the master class of “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders....
How to Read an Artichoke: On George Saunders’s “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”
Robert Allen Papinchak sits in on the master class of “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders....
Our Man in the Stacks
A new biography of Graham Greene explores the author’s lifelong bibliomania....
The Mythmaker Gazes at Himself: A Conversation with David Leo Rice
Matthew Specktor and author David Leo Rice discuss his book series, “A Room in Dodge City.”...
Robert Walser’s Lockdown Britain
Reading Robert Walser in Britain under lockdown is to be confronted with a duality....
“I’m Sure You Understand”: On Pavel Lembersky’s “The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories”
Ian Ross Singleton finds living color in “The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories” by Pavel Lembersky....
The Day Begins with “Evening”: A Conversation with Nessa Rapoport
Nessa Rapoport discusses her second novel, a saga about Jewish sisterhood....
Writing Isn’t a Sacred Activity, It Is an Ordinary Activity: A Conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Bob Blaisdell talks with writer Karl Ove Knausgaard....
The Ineluctable Agon of Desire: Joyce Carol Oates’s Suspense Fiction
The prolific author has produced, sometimes under pseudonyms, a rich harvest of taut, stylish thrillers....
Capitalist Naturalism
Fernanda Melchor’s novel “Hurricane Season” invokes the themes of the classic naturalist novel....
The Soul of Post-Maidan Ukraine: On Andriy Lyubka’s “Carbide” and Oleg Sentsov’s “Life Went on Anyway: Stories”
Kate Tsurkan explores the post-Maidan prose of Andriy Lyubka and Oleg Sentsov....
From Fact to Fiction, with Fried Chicken: A Conversation with KJ Dell’Antonia
Food is love, but food is also at the heart of a sibling rivalry in a new novel....
African Literature and Digital Culture
The digital impulses of African creativity have fundamentally altered literary culture....