Fiction

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

Coming Home from Irony: An Interview with Percival Everett, Author of “So Much Blue”
Yogita Goyal talks to Percival Everett about appropriation, "Get Out," Los Angeles, and his new novel.
Yogita GoyalAug 23, 2017
- Fiction
A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”
Erdağ Göknar reviews Orhan Pamuk's latest.
Erdağ GöknarAug 22, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Gazing at Wholeness: Jacqueline Woodson’s “Another Brooklyn”
Jon Lewis-Katz reviews Jacqueline Woodson's "Another Brooklyn."
Jon Lewis-KatzAug 18, 2017
- Fiction
Impotent Rage: Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”
Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” is a deeply ambitious book that can’t help but be funny.
Bradley BabendirAug 16, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Writing the Female Mind: On Madeleine Bourdouxhe’s “La Femme de Gilles”
Tess McNulty reviews Madeleine Bourdouxhe's "La Femme de Gilles," recently republished by Melville House.
Tess McNultyAug 13, 2017
Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston
Robert Cremins takes a tour of Donald Barthelme’s Houston.
Robert CreminsAug 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction
Self-Care as Rebellion: An Interview with Jessie Chaffee
Paula Bomer interviews Jessie Chaffee about her debut novel, “Florence in Ecstasy,” the lives of the saints, eating disorders, and women’s stories.
Paula BomerAug 9, 2017
- Fiction
The Cruel Radiance of What Is: On Lindsay Hunter’s “Eat Only When You’re Hungry”
Vincent Scarpa reviews Lindsay Hunter's new novel.
Vincent ScarpaAug 8, 2017
- Fiction
Multilayered Maps of Modern India: Anjum Hasan’s Fiction
Anjali Vaidya reflects on Anjum Hasan’s cosmopolitan urban wanderers.
Anjali VaidyaAug 8, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
From Isolated Places: Fleur Jaeggy’s “I Am the Brother of XX”
Nathan Scott McNamara discusses the isolation from which Fleur Jaeggy writes “I Am the Brother of XX.”
Nathan Scott McNamaraAug 7, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Borders and Exile: On the Recent Translation of Yuri Herrera’s First Novel, “Kingdom Cons”
W. S. Lyon reviews Yuri Herrera's "Kingdom Cons," the latest book of his to appear in English.
W. S. LyonAug 6, 2017
- Fiction
What If Your Mother Were a MILF?: Love, Sex, and Loneliness in Tom Perrotta’s “Mrs. Fletcher”
Ramsey Mathews on Tom Perrotta's latest.
Ramsey MathewsAug 2, 2017
- Fiction