Fiction

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

No Answers at All: The Futility of Love in Catherine Lacey’s “The Answers”
Joshua James Amberson reviews Catherine Lacey's "The Answers."
Joshua James AmbersonJun 2, 2017
- Fiction
Just Grace
“A Grace Paley Reader” contains a sampling of the wisdom that one woman gleaned from not taking the easy way out.
Jerusha Joy EmersonMay 31, 2017
“Men Without Women”: What Happens When Murakami’s Ordinary Men Grow Older
Sad as the stories in Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women” are, they are beautiful and strange, tinged with hope.
Marcy DermanskyMay 29, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Town’s Own Story: Édouard Louis’s “The End of Eddy”
Charlie Tyson on Édouard Louis's autobiographical novel.
Charlie TysonMay 28, 2017
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
The Dance of Grief: On Amelia Gray’s “Isadora”
Gayle Brandeis on Amelia Gray's new novel about Isadora Duncan.
Gayle BrandeisMay 24, 2017
- Fiction
Presidential Purgatories: George Saunders’s “Lincoln in the Bardo”
Matt Sandler on George Saunders's debut novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo."
Matt SandlerMay 22, 2017
- Fiction
Getting Out of Our Normal Crap: George Saunders on Writing and Transcendence
Steve Paulson interviews George Saunders about writing, Buddhism, the Civil War, and “Lincoln in the Bardo.”
Steve PaulsonMay 22, 2017
- Fiction
City as Campus: A Conversation with B. G. Firmani
Pete Tosiello talks to B. G. Firmani about her debut novel, "Time's a Thief."
Pete TosielloMay 19, 2017
- Fiction
The Strange, Irreverent Worlds of “Down Below” and “The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington”
Emily Wells looks at two new rereleases from Leonora Carrington.
Emily WellsMay 18, 2017
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Mother’s Milk: On “Lilli de Jong” by Janet Benton
Susan Barr-Toman reviews Janet Benton's debut novel.
Susan Barr-TomanMay 18, 2017
- Fiction
A Murderer, a Martyr, a Daughter, a Lover: Four Ways of Looking at Abortion
A crop of new books — a novel and three memoirs — add complexity to the seemingly insurmountable national divide over abortion.
Sarah HerringtonMay 15, 2017
This Is Mother Love in Lisa See’s “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane”
Diana Wagman on Lisa See's "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane."
Diana WagmanMay 13, 2017
- Fiction