Fiction

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

Where’s the Great “Climate Change Novel”? A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh
Steve Paulson interviews author Amitav Ghosh on contemporary fiction’s failure to grapple with climate change.
Steve PaulsonSep 22, 2017
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
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
- Fiction
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
- Fiction
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
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
- Fiction
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
- Fiction
Jimmy’s Blues
What does it mean when James Baldwin says that he is a blues singer?
Clifford ThompsonSep 4, 2017
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
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
“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
- Fiction
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
- Fiction
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