Fiction

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

Book Club Redux: “The Sympathizer”
Tom’s Book Club discussion about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer.”
Bogdan Suceavă, Brian McGovney, Cathy McGregor Weingeist, Gerald Sato, Lance Heard, Lisa Sanchez Powers, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zoë RuizMar 3, 2017
- Fiction
Three Questions for Frederick Luis Aldama Regarding His Debut Short Story Collection, “Long Stories Cut Short”
Daniel Olivas chats with Frederick Luis Aldama about his new short story collection.
Daniel A. OlivasMar 2, 2017
- Fiction
The Color of Art: On Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s Debut
Ilana Masad on Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's "Harmless Like You."
Ilana MasadFeb 28, 2017
- Fiction
Patrick Cottrell on Living in Los Angeles, The Best Way to Shape One’s Grief into an Object, and 7-Eleven Pastries That Look Like Vomit
Rita Bullwinkel talks to Patrick Cottrell about his new novel, "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace."
Rita BullwinkelFeb 27, 2017
- Fiction
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