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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.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
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.
This Is Not A Conversation: Robert Cremins and Rob Zaretsky on Denis Diderot, Malcolm Bradbury, and Why We Write
What would Denis Diderot think of a campus protest?
Hej, Men Nej, to “The Girl” and “Girls’ Books”: Three Swedish Women Crime Novelists
Swedish novelists Liza Marklund, Camilla Läckberg, and Helene Tursten craft strong female investigators who are not in service to male fantasies
Memories Are Like Plants: An Interview with Juliana Romano
Sarah Wang interviews Juliana Romano about her new novel, "Summer in the Invisible City".
The Stranger Guest: The Literature of Pregnancy and New Motherhood
Lily Gurton-Wachter surveys the literature of pregnancy and new motherhood, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Rivka Galchen.
What If the Lord Came to Dinner Uninvited?
Ramsey Mathews on Joy Williams's "Ninety-nine Stories of God".
The Promise of Sex
26-year-old virgin Julia spends her summer seeking someone to deflower her, and thus cure her existential angst, in Emma Rathbone’s debut novel “Losing It”.
Society Is Rigged
Matt King reviews Jesse Ball's "How to Set a Fire and Why".
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