Fiction

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

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  Kafka: An End or a Beginning?

  Morten Høi Jensen revisits the life and work of Franz Kafka.

  Morten Høi JensenNov 19, 2016

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Fiction

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  “Small Things, Like the Nature of Happiness”: An Interview with Marcy Dermansky

  Novelist Matthew Salesses talks to Marcy Dermansky about her new book “The Red Car.”

  Matthew SalessesNov 18, 2016

  • Fiction

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  You Are Being Watched: On Patrick Flanery’s “I Am No One”

  On Patrick Flanery’s thrilling novel about surveillance and mystery.

  Bryan HurtNov 18, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Zadie Smith’s Rhythmic Play in Shadow and Light

  Walton Muyumba on Zadie Smith's latest novel.

  Walton MuyumbaNov 17, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Sikh Transit Gloria Mundi

  Sangeeta Ray on three recent novels that examine the Sikh diaspora experience.

  Sangeeta RayNov 10, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Where There is Smoke, There is Family

  “Nicotine” is an overt satire of spoiled Americans, of a nation of cosseted forever-in-college kids who need not try.

  Catherine SteindlerNov 10, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Susan Bernofsky Walks the Tightrope: An Interview About Translating Yoko Tawada’s “Memoirs of a Polar Bear”

  Stefanie Sobelle talks to Susan Bernofsky about translating Yoko Tawada's new novel as well as works by Kafka, Hesse, and Robert Walser.

  Stefanie SobelleNov 9, 2016

  • Fiction

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  After the Fall: Women Writers on Post-Revolutionary Egypt

  Basma Abdel Aziz and Yasmine El Rashidi explore the “uncharted waters” of post-revolutionary Egypt.

  Marya HannunNov 9, 2016

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  Human Lessons: on Mary Ruefle’s “My Private Property”

  Stephanie Pushaw finds the many colors of sadness in Mary Ruefle's "My Private Property."

  Stephanie PushawNov 5, 2016

  • Fiction

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  Crossing Boundaries with Anne Raeff

  Hugh Sheehy on Anne Raeff's continent-spanning "The Jungle Around Us."

  Hugh SheehyNov 5, 2016

  • Fiction

• No Maps Are Available: Final Scenes with Jim Harrison, Part II

  Peter Nowogrodzki interviews the late great American novelist Jim Harrison.

  Peter NowogrodzkiNov 4, 2016

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

• No Maps Are Available: Final Scenes with Jim Harrison, Part I

  Peter Nowogrodzki interviews the late great American novelist Jim Harrison.

  Peter NowogrodzkiNov 3, 2016

  • Fiction

  • Poetry