Fiction

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

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  Vastness in Microfiction: An Interview with Jennifer Tseng

  Gabrielle Bellot interviews Jennifer Tseng about her new collection of flash fiction, “The Passion of Woo & Isolde.”

  Gabrielle BellotSep 21, 2017

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Ears Have No Lids: An Interview with Joshua Cohen

  Louis Elliott talks to Joshua Cohen about his new novel, "Moving Kings."

  Louis ElliottSep 20, 2017

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  This Is Not a Novel: Reality and Realism in Nicole Krauss’s “Forest Dark”

  Anna E. Clark reviews Nicole Krauss's latest.

  Anna E. ClarkSep 19, 2017

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  Stories of New Narrative

  Jean-Thomas Tremblay reviews "Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative 1977-1997," edited by Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian.

  Jean-Thomas TremblaySep 16, 2017

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Rushdie’s Domus Aurea: “The Golden House” by Salman Rushdie

  What can the novel say about Trump? Probably not much at this stage. About the United States? Plenty. Does "The Golden House" do so? Unfortunately not.

  Shehryar FazliSep 13, 2017

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  The Long Exile: Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles”

  Dan Lopez on the murky and precarious position of the exile in Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles.”

  Dan LópezSep 6, 2017

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• Jimmy’s Blues

  What does it mean when James Baldwin says that he is a blues singer?

  Clifford ThompsonSep 4, 2017

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  So Many Ways of Knowing: An Interview with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Author of “Kintu”

  Alexia Underwood interviews Ugandan novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi about "Kintu."

  Alexia UnderwoodAug 31, 2017

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  “That Little Sob in the Spine”: Vladimir Nabokov in Conversation

  Patrick Kurp listens in to “Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov,” edited by Robert Golla.

  Patrick KurpAug 31, 2017

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  Points of Access: Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles”

  Sarah Hoenicke reviews Achy Obejas's short story collection "The Tower of the Antilles."

  Sarah HoenickeAug 30, 2017

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  Too Much, Never Enough: The Painful Pleasures of Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”

  Like any good horror novel, Gabriel Tallent's "My Absolute Darling" uses its cramped framework to steadily build tension.

  Anna E. ClarkAug 29, 2017

  • Fiction

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  The Slovak Kafka: On Balla’s “In the Name of the Father”

  Charles Sabatos contextualizes the Kafkaesque post-communist novella “In the Name of the Father” by the major Slovak author Balla.

  Charles SabatosAug 28, 2017

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  • Fiction