Fiction

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

The Accusatory Monologist: A Review of Mauro Javier Cardenas’s Novel “The Revolutionaries Try Again”
Jonathan Fullmer on Mauro Javier Cardenas's "The Revolutionaries Try Again."
Jonathan FullmerFeb 25, 2017
- Fiction
It Takes Two: “Shadowbahn” by Steve Erickson
Charles Taylor on Steve Erickson's "Shadowbahn."
Charles TaylorFeb 20, 2017
- Fiction
One of Them Now, Finally: Stephen Graham Jones’s “Mongrels”
Kristina Baudemann on Stephen Graham Jones's "Mongrels."
Kristina BaudemannFeb 18, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
The Deeply Unserious, Important Work of Amit Chaudhuri
Sumana Roy on the joy and influence of Amit Chaudhuri's work.
Sumana RoyFeb 16, 2017
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
The Neobaroque Immigrant: Aura Xilonen’s “Campeón gabacho”/ “The Gringo Champion”
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado on why Aura Xilonen is the Mexican literary voice we need right now.
Ignacio M. Sánchez PradoFeb 15, 2017
- Fiction
Dagoberto Gilb on the Right Way to be Crippled and Naked
Eileen Cronin talks to Dagoberto Gilb about his contribution to a new anthology by writers with disabilities, “The Right Way to be Crippled and Naked.”
Eileen CroninFeb 13, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Fiction
The Civil War of Memory: On Mercè Rodoreda’s “War, So Much War”
Bécquer Seguín on the long underrated Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda and her recently translated novel “War, So Much War.”
Bécquer SeguínFeb 13, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Mirror and Thomas Jefferson: Real People in Fiction
Using real people in fIction: Steve Erickson and Stephen O'Connor represent Thomas Jefferson.
Hayden BennettFeb 12, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
The World Is Never Just Politics: A Conversation with Javier Marías
Gregg LaGambina talks to acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Marías about translation, what fascism looks like, and what book you should be reading right now.
Gregg LaGambinaFeb 9, 2017
- Fiction
Getting Her Way: The Latest by Lynne Tillman
Susan Scarf Merrell on Lynne Tillman's "The Complete Madame Realism: And Other Stories."
Susan Scarf MerrellFeb 7, 2017
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
“Foul, Small-Minded Deities”: On Giorgio De Maria’s “The Twenty Days of Turin”
Peter Berard explores the haunting implications of “The Twenty Days of Turin” by Giorgio De Maria.
Peter BerardFeb 7, 2017
- Fiction
“I Read the New Ring Lardner and Here Is What I Thought”
On "The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner."
Joshua BaldwinFeb 6, 2017
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay