Fiction

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

MacArthur Park but in New York: On Andrew Durbin’s “MacArthur Park”
"MacArthur Park," Andrew Durbin’s debut fiction, exploits the novel’s capacity to connect and bridge without necessarily establishing complete contact.
Evan KleekampApr 28, 2018
- Fiction
Small-Town Tragedy, Big-Time Resentments
With subtlety, Susan Henderson attempts to understand, deconstruct, and empathize with small-town America.
Gina FrangelloApr 22, 2018
- Fiction
Comics and Storytelling: A Conversation with Mat Johnson
On "Incognegro," moving between literary fiction and graphic novels, and the Harlem Renaissance.
Alex DuebenApr 21, 2018
The Biggest Baby: A Conversation About Donald Trump with Ben Greenman
Seeking the elusive heart of Donald J. Trump.
Jonathan KendallApr 19, 2018
- Fiction
- Politics
How I Accidentally Wrote the Antithesis of a Spielberg Blockbuster
On the virtual reality of consumer capitalism …
Douglas LainApr 18, 2018
Annotations of Pain: First Love in “The Only Story”
Thomas J. Millay finds Julian Barnes’s “The Only Story” a perplexing, profoundly enjoyable story about the phenomenology of love.
Thomas J. MillayApr 17, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Out of the Darkness: A Conversation with Winnie M. Li
Lauren Young talks to Winnie M. Li about her debut novel, “Dark Chapter,” and the aesthetic and political struggles of translating the nuances of recovery.
Lauren YoungApr 17, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Laughing in the Dark: On J. R. Pick’s “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”
A. M. Bakalar reviews “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” a novella by J. R. Pick, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker.
A. M. BakalarApr 15, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Gluttonous Genre Mutations of Rodrigo Fresán
The prose in Rodrigo Fresán’s “The Bottom of the Sky” bristles with energy.
Joey RubinApr 13, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Lamentations of the Woman: Irreverent Feminism in Therese Bohman’s “Eventide”
It’s not your mother’s feminism in Therese Bohman’s “Eventide.”
Randy RosenthalApr 13, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Whose Feminism Is It Anyway? Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion”
Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion” is a work of imagination and intelligence.
Lori FeathersApr 12, 2018
- Fiction
The Dichotomy of Remembrance: Négar Djavadi’s “Disoriental”
Azarin Sadegh reviews Négar Djavadi's debut novel.
Azarin SadeghApr 11, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction