Fiction

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

Pernicious Ambition and Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” on the Silver Screen
Ani Kokobobo laments the muting of Napoleonism in the latest adaptation of “War and Peace.”
Ani KokoboboJan 13, 2017
- Fiction
- Film
Teddy Wayne Wasn’t Here
A modern-day Humbert Humbert and the troubled vibrations emanating from the contemporary college campus.
Ira WellsJan 11, 2017
- Fiction
Lights Out
Imagining Huck after his reluctant coming-of-age and his decision to risk hell in stealing Jim out of slavery has been both fruitful and fraught-filled.
D. Berton EmersonJan 10, 2017
- Fiction
Spinoza and the All-American Novel: Ranbir Singh Sidhu
Ranbir Singh Sidhu has his character read Spinoza as his route to freedom in “Deep Singh Blue.”
Hawa AllanJan 7, 2017
- Fiction
The Magic of the Everyday: An Interview with Kelly Luce
R. O. Kwon talks to Kelly Luce about karaoke, the limits of magical realism, and Luces's new novel, "Pull Me Under."
R. O. KwonJan 6, 2017
- Fiction
Intimate Alienation
Alina Cohen on Amie Barrodale's "You Are Having a Good Time."
A. Cerisse CohenJan 6, 2017
- Fiction
Taking Down the House: An Interview with Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar on white supremacy, glittery bras, and why she still can’t stand white belly dancers.
Alex EspinozaJan 5, 2017
- Fiction
A Theme on Love: “Enigma Variations”
Hooman Majd finds the words to express his love for André Aciman's "Enigma Variations."
Hooman MajdJan 3, 2017
- Fiction
In My Father’s Closet: Considering the Jewish Novel, Saul Bellow, and Bruce Bauman
Claire Phillips on Jewish identity, immigration, and the literary descendants of the great Saul Bellow.
Claire PhillipsDec 31, 2016
- Fiction
Across the Irish Pond
“Pond” is a collection of stories for wiseasses and weirdos, a cathedral of strange sentences built upon the singular experience of being human.
Linnie GreeneDec 29, 2016
- Fiction
Oh, Sancho: The Ongoing Ride of Don Quixote in American Politics
What can Miguel de Cervantes's novel tell us about the "post-truth" era?
Aaron R. HanlonDec 28, 2016
- Fiction
- Politics
Metafictional Machinations: On William Luvaas’s “Beneath the Coyote Hills”
Daniel Green reviews William Luvaas’s new novel, “Beneath the Coyote Hills.”
Daniel K. GreenDec 27, 2016
- Fiction