Fiction

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

Autofiction and the Asian Diaspora: A Q-and-A with Anelise Chen
Anelise Chen’s “So Many Olympic Exertions” is autofiction as exhortation.
Grafias JournalApr 3, 2018
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Identity as Irreconcilable Collage in Carl Frode Tiller’s Epic “Encircling” Trilogy
Katharine Coldiron finds Carl Frode Tiller’s “Encircling 2” an incomparable intellectual escapade.
Katharine ColdironApr 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Always the Haunting Sound of a Train: On Filip David’s “The House of Remembering and Forgetting”
Eileen Battersby is ravished by “The House of Remembering and Forgetting,” a new novel by Filip David, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić.
Eileen BattersbyApr 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Art Lives: Sarah Coleman’s “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott”
Courtney Zoffness remembers Sarah Coleman, whose “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott” was recently released.
Courtney ZoffnessMar 30, 2018
- Fiction
What Truth?: Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle”
The truth is messy, complex, not easily fit into a narrative in Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle.”
Chelsea LeuMar 29, 2018
- Fiction
Breathing Life into Language: The Collaborations of Christina MacSweeney
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to translator Christina MacSweeney about her work with Valeria Luiselli, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Daniel Saldaña París.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 29, 2018
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- Fiction
“Out in the Middle of Nowhere”: A Conversation with Kristin Hannah
RJ Newell talks to Kristin Hannah, author of “The Great Alone,” a novel set in Alaska in the 1970s.
RJ NewellMar 27, 2018
- Fiction
Un-Reading Clarice Lispector’s “The Chandelier”
Christina Soto van der Plas on the challenges and joys of reading Clarice Lispector's "The Chandelier," recently released by New Directions.
Christina Soto van der PlasMar 27, 2018
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- Fiction
Melancholy Dane: Sigrid Nunez’s “The Friend”
Charles Taylor catches up with "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez.
Charles TaylorMar 21, 2018
- Fiction
Clown and Metaphysician: On Matei Calinescu’s “The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter”
Thomas Pavel on Matei Calinescu's "The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter," recently rereleased by NYRB Classics.
Thomas PavelMar 20, 2018
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- Fiction
Literature as Lifeline: The Exile in “Call Me Zebra”
“Call Me Zebra” is a filthy love note to literature unabashedly luxuriating in its bookishness.
Irina DumitrescuMar 18, 2018
- Fiction
Marrow in the Bones: Translating Döblin’s “Berlin Alexanderplatz”
Sophie Duvernoy on Alfred Döblin’s “Berlin Alexanderplatz,” a masterpiece of German modernism, and its translations into English.
Sophie DuvernoyMar 18, 2018
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- Fiction