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Life Without Coffee Would Probably Suck: An Interview with Elizabeth Crane
Heather Scott Partington interviews Elizabeth Crane about her latest collection of stories, “Turf.”
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
“Meld with Me?”: On Alissa Nutting’s “Made for Love”
With "Made for Love," there can be no disputing that Alissa Nutting is funny as hell.
Tenuous Connections: Laurie Sheck’s “Island of the Mad”
Ani Kokobobo explores the human connections of “Island of the Mad: A Novel” by Laurie Sheck.
An Account at the Heartbreak Bank: On Maile Meloy’s “Do Not Become Alarmed”
Jean Hey can’t put down “Do Not Become Alarmed,” the latest novel by Maile Meloy.
Writing the Other: An Interview with Rebecca Entel
Maxine Case talks to Rebecca Entel about her new novel, "Fingerprints of Previous Owners."
Only Survival Matters: An Interview with Jesús Carrasco and Margaret Jull Costa
Lily Meyer interviews writer Jesús Carrasco and translator Margaret Jull Costa about the brutal and transcendent novel “Out in the Open.”
That’s More Like It: Tessa Hadley’s “Bad Dreams and Other Stories”
Tessa Hadley develops a quiet, vicious catalog of the misery dealt to women who care — for themselves, for others, or for abstract principles like love.
The Mare, Mère, and Mary
It’s hard to watch Mary Gaitskill being nice.
“With Suffering and Love, At Daybreak”: On Mathias Énard’s “Compass”
Dustin Illingworth navigates “Compass,” “an extraordinary achievement” by French novelist Mathias Énard.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Language Warrior
Rosemary McClure talks to legendary Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about his short story, “The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright.”
Divorce, Appalachia Style
John Farley reviews Scott McClanahan’s new novel, “The Sarah Book.”
Outside Language and Power: The Mastery of Arundhati Roy’s “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”
Anita Felicelli on Arundhati Roy's long-awaited second novel.
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