Fiction

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

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  “Innumerable Intentions and Charms”: On Gary Browning’s “Why Iris Murdoch Matters”

  Kieran Setiya considers “Why Iris Murdoch Matters” by Gary Browning.

  Kieran SetiyaJan 7, 2019

  • Fiction

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  On Oppenheimer: A Conversation with Louisa Hall on Her Novel, “Trinity”

  "I wanted to write a book about the difficulty of knowing other people, especially when the stakes are high." Jennifer Croft interviews Louisa Hall.

  Jennifer CroftJan 3, 2019

  • Fiction

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  The Modern American Dilemma: Seth Greenland’s “The Hazards of Good Fortune”

  Taylor Larsen praises “The Hazards of Good Fortune,” a new novel by Seth Greenland.

  Taylor LarsenJan 1, 2019

  • Fiction

  • Sports

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  In Multiplicity Is Truth: An Interview with Gina Apostol

  Gina Apostol discusses her new novel about the Philippine resistance to American occupation.

  Laurel Flores FantauzzoDec 31, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  A Winter’s Tale: The Impossibility of Friedrich Gorenstein’s “Redemption”

  Leeore Schnairsohn plumbs the depths of “Redemption,” a novel by Friedrich Gorenstein, translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield.

  Leeore SchnairsohnDec 31, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  Destroy All Rock Novels

  Like Godzilla and the band Destroy All Monsters, Jeff Jackson’s new novel is a kind of mutant, with a world that is recognizable, but not quite our own.

  Brooks SterrittDec 29, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Music

• Writing Cuba: An Interview with Leonardo Padura

  Susannah Rodríguez Drissi talks to Leonardo Padura about his childhood in Cuba, his writing process, and his experience with self-censorship.

  Susannah Rodríguez DrissiDec 28, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

• Four Women’s Voices Reshaping Asian and Asian-American Immigrant Stories

  Michael Adam Carroll champions the defiant voices of four contemporary Asian-American women novelists who are reshaping the tales of immigrant communities.

  Michael Adam CarrollDec 27, 2018

  • Fiction

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  King Lear of India: Preti Taneja’s “We That Are Young”

  Taneja's update of Shakespeare's play is brave and compulsively readable.

  Sandeep ParmarDec 27, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  The Killer Inside Jonathan Ames

  On Jonathan Ames, from "City Slicker" to "You Were Never Really Here."

  Jonathan StevensonDec 24, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  The Making of (New) Americans: On Kevin Killian’s “Fascination”

  Corley MillerDec 22, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Shape Made of Smoke: Ben Marcus’s “Notes from the Fog”

  Katie Da Cunha Lewin reviews Ben Marcus's new short story collection.

  Katie da Cunha LewinDec 22, 2018

  • Fiction