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He Gets Us, He Really Gets Us: Jay McInerney’s “Bright, Precious Days” and the Sighs of the One Percent
The latest installment in Jay McInerney’s Manhattan Trilogy, a dutifully documented, tender-hearted take on The Way Manhattan’s Elite Live Now.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Every Day, a Funeral: Jenny Zhang and Nate Brown in Conversation
Nate Brown and Jenny Zhang on the role of poet in our society, the two-party system, how every day is a funeral, and poop.
A Trickster Imagination
Helen Oyeyemi’s dazzling technique in “What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours” engages the reader’s mind; the heart is undisturbed.
A Stupid Man: Rufi Thorpe on the Influence of Czesław Miłosz and Writing While Female
Rufi Thorpe explores how Czesław Miłosz, and his understanding of stupidity, influenced her second novel, “Dear Fang, With Love”.
Reorienting the Axis: On “When Watched”
A self-awareness that can't be grasped, a sincere attempt at interpersonal connection even as it fumbles away, drives Leopoldine Core’s "When Watched".
Make the Wrong Choice: Rereading Conrad’s “Victory”
On love and Joseph Conrad’s under-read classic, “Victory”.
Make America Austria Again: How Robert Musil Predicted the Rise of Donald Trump
What can "The Man Without Qualities" teach us about Donald Trump?
The Predictor
In "Ear to the Ground", Ulin and Kolsby have fun poking at the excesses of Hollywood in a relevant social novel somewhere on the shelf near James M. Cain.
Me Too, I Say, Me Too: Nicole Dennis-Benn on “Here Comes the Sun”
Nina Revoyr talks to Nicole Dennis-Benn about her novel “Here Comes the Sun”, Jamaica, class, and art.
In Celebration of Ploughshares: Ladette Randolph Interviews Lauren Groff
"Ploughshares" Editor-in-Chief Ladette Randolph interviews Lauren Groff about her time as guest editor for the revered publication.
Loud Love: On Belinda McKeon’s “Tender”
Ruth Gilligan on Belinda McKeon's "Tender".
Chris Kraus and the K-Word
So far, Chris Kraus’s new position in the mainstream orbit of Jill Soloway hasn't produced an assessment of the Jewish questions that pervade Kraus’s books.
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