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Set Theory in Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s “Empty Set”
Could Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s cleverly fragmented novel “Empty Set” be an antidote to narrative despair?
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
In Conversation: On Love, Art, and a New Vision of Liberated Black Womanhood in “An American Marriage”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen interviews Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage."
The Straight Way Was Lost: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra”
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra” threads narrative and theory to depict the isolating experience of exile.
Injustice and Intimacy in Tayari Jones’s “An American Marriage”
Tina McElroy Ansa reviews Tayari Jones's new novel.
Ishiguro’s Orphans
The inimitable fictions of the 2017 Nobel laureate.
Violence and Glamour in Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions”
Melynda Fuller reviews Eileen Chang's "Little Reunions," recently rereleased by NYRB Classics.
An American Tragedy by Way of France
Translating a famous American crime into a French fiction.
At Parties, Hoping Someone Would Bring Up the War of 1812: A Conversation with Damien Ober
Steph Cha talks to Damien Ober about his life, his process, and “Doctor Benjamin Franklin’s Dream America.”
The Triumph of Memory: On Daša Drndić’s “Belladonna”
Eileen Battersby is ravished by “Belladonna,” a new novel by Croatian writer Daša Drndić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth.
In Youth Is Suffering: Denton Welch and the Literature of Convalescence
Identity and disability in the fictions of a neglected modernist.
The Language of Bees: On Colin Winnette’s “The Job of the Wasp”
Michael Valinsky on the uncanny nature of Winnette's "The Job of the Wasp."
A Conversation: Adam Johnson and Krys Lee
Adam Johnson and Krys Lee discuss writing fiction about North Korea.
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