Fiction

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

Complicity Becomes Us
Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”
Matthew D. LaPlanteJun 16, 2025
- Politics
- Fiction
How Can You Stop a Country from Happening?
Billy J. Stratton examines Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.”
Billy J. StrattonJun 15, 2025
- Fiction
It Turns Out He Has a Heart
Danielle Chelosky examines Michel Houellebecq’s “Annihilation,” translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Danielle CheloskyJun 14, 2025
- Fiction
Wild in a Good Way
Cameron Engwall interviews Rob Franklin about “Great Black Hope,” his debut novel.
Cameron EngwallJun 13, 2025
- Fiction
The Legend of Bloomsbury
Isabelle Stuart examines Megan Hunter’s new novel, “Days of Light.”
Isabelle StuartJun 10, 2025
- Fiction
An Unkillable Streak of the Utopian
Sophie Lewis considers Keiran Goddard’s “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning.”
Sophie LewisJun 9, 2025
- Fiction
The Fine Art of Bad Writing
Dan Sinykin interviews Tom Comitta about their latest project, “People’s Choice Literature: The Most Wanted and Unwanted Novels.”
Dan SinykinJun 5, 2025
- Literary Criticism
- Fiction
Belly-Crawling Through the Dark
Alyssa Quinn reviews Ben Segal’s experimental novel “Tunnels.”
Alyssa QuinnJun 1, 2025
- Fiction
Stop Living Inside Literature
Bekah Waalkes reviews Turkish author Tezer Özlü’s novel “Journey to the Edge of Life,” translated by Maureen Freely.
Bekah WaalkesMay 28, 2025
- Fiction
It’s the Same Story Everywhere
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Boris Fishman about his latest novel, “The Unwanted.”
Sasha VasilyukMay 22, 2025
- Fiction
Ukrainian Gothic
Tom Johnson interviews Nick Owchar about his novel “A Walker in the Evening.”
Tom JohnsonMay 20, 2025
- Fiction
Opening the Pandora’s Box of Latin American Women’s Writing
Elaine Elinson reviews Kit Maude’s new translation of “We, the Casertas,” a novel by Argentine author Aurora Venturini.
Elaine ElinsonMay 14, 2025
- Fiction