Fiction

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

The Never-Ending Search for Transcendence: A Conversation with Peter Stamm
GD Dess speaks with Peter Stamm about his “optimistic belief in the possibility of transcendence.”
GD DessFeb 21, 2019
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- Fiction
Eyes Cracking Like Egg Yolks: LeAnne Howe’s “Savage Conversations”
"Savage Conversations" is an interrogation of the depth and rot of American racism and the way it distorts the minds of everyone, even our political icons.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 20, 2019
- Fiction
What Is Good in Man Is Love: An Interview with Elias Khoury
A lion of Lebanese literature reflects on art, religion, memory, and pain.
Tom ZoellnerFeb 18, 2019
His Majesty: On Vladimir Sorokin’s “Day of the Oprichnik”
Why Vladimir Sorokin’s short and savage “Day of the Oprichnik” is as relevant today as it was when it was first released.
Victoria NelsonFeb 16, 2019
The Sounds of Exile: On Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive”
"Lost Children Archive" brings into focus the wrongs that are being inflicted upon immigrant children. It demands that our numbed complacency be shaken.
Lori FeathersFeb 16, 2019
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Love in the Time of Slavery: On Ayesha Harruna Attah’s “The Hundred Wells of Salaga”
Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews the layered and thought-provoking novel "The Hundred Wells of Salaga" by Ayesha Harruna Attah.
Rayyan Al-ShawafFeb 14, 2019
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- Fiction
An Old God in a New World: On Chigozie Obioma’s “An Orchestra of Minorities”
Kate Harlin reviews "An Orchestra of Minorities," the latest novel by Chigozie Obioma.
Kate HarlinFeb 13, 2019
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- Fiction
Little More Than Pariahs: On David Shrayer-Petrov’s “Doctor Levitin”
Monica Osborne admires “Doctor Levitin,” a novel by David Shrayer-Petrov that diagnoses the plight of Soviet Jewish refuseniks.
Monica OsborneFeb 8, 2019
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- Fiction
Warning to Heed: On Adam Nemett’s “We Can Save Us All”
Dan Hajducky reviews Adam Nemett's promising debut novel, "We Can Save Us All."
Dan HajduckyFeb 5, 2019
- Fiction
Nostalgia as Resistive Strategy: Dana Czapnik’s “The Falconer”
Rosa Boshier reviews Dana Czapnik's new coming-of-age novel.
Rosa Boshier GonzálezFeb 2, 2019
- Fiction
Toni Morrison’s Big Bang
The primal wound of slavery in Toni Morrison’s fiction.
Clifford ThompsonFeb 1, 2019
- Fiction
“Carpenter’s Gothic”: William Gaddis’s Compositional Self
On William Gaddis’s classic study of “humankind dying of itself.”
Greg GerkeJan 31, 2019
- Fiction