Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Shape Made of Smoke: Ben Marcus’s “Notes from the Fog”
Katie Da Cunha Lewin reviews Ben Marcus's new short story collection.
Sister Act: On “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Art Edwards reviews Oyinkan Braithwaite's "darkly compelling" new novel.
Hard Time: On Joyce Carol Oates’s “Hazards of Time Travel”
Alexander C. Kafka ventures through Joyce Carol Oates's latest novel.
On Transracial Adoption: A Conversation with Alice Stephens
Tillman Miller talks to writer Alice Stephens about her new novel, "Famous Adopted People."
“Disasters at the Origin of the Sense of Disaster”: Ferrante on Fascism
Tessa Brown considers the politics of “My Brilliant Friend,” an adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.
The Pleasure of Difficulty
Davis Smith-Brecheisen discusses the notoriously difficult novels of Christine Brooke-Rose.
Little Book with Big Ambitions: Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Rita Indiana's "Tentacle" takes on environmental disaster, queer politics, race relations, and the legacy of empire in a brief 160 pages.
A Faux-Muslim Mission
Amir Khadem reviews John Wray’s novel “Godsend.”
Biblical Paraphrase and Hummus: Conversation with Dror Burstein on “Muck”
Ian Dreiblatt talks to Israeli author Dror Burstein about his new novel, "Muck."
Norway, Somalia, and the Specters of Terror
A British filmmaker and a Somali novelist explore migration, radicalization, and terror.
Interconnectedness of Liberation: On Brooke C. Obie’s “Book of Addis: Cradled Embers”
Nina N. Yeboah reviews Brooke C. Obie's debut novel, "Book of Addis: Cradled Embers."
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