Fiction

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

• “The mind lives on the heart”: A Death Deferred

  In her novel "The Heart," Maylis de Kerangal explores the limits, possibilities, and multiple meanings of death in a biomedicalized society.

  Rishi GoyalMar 30, 2016

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  Fantasy Foodie-ism and Unicorn Feminism

  The pleasure in "The Life of Elves" is to be found in the fantasy of narrative's exquisite and immeasurable power.

  Susan ZiegerMar 30, 2016

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  The Philosophy of Fugu

  Sometimes real life provides more conspiracies, cover-ups, and crimes than even a crime writer like me could think up.

  Lisa BrackmannMar 30, 2016

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• Cult Classic

  Bohumil Hrabal's short stories capture his shift toward total realism, and the moments of beauty against the stark contrast of the communist regime.

  Benjamin CunninghamMar 26, 2016

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  Authenticity and Desire: A Conversation with Darryl Pinckney

  Darryl Pinckney talks voting in the black community, writing while black and gay, and his latest book, "Black Deutschland."

  Rachel Charlene LewisMar 26, 2016

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• Migrations Gone Awry

  Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's "La Superba" offers a look into the underbelly of Genoa's immigrant community.

  A. Cerisse CohenMar 25, 2016

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• The Unbearable Pathos of Thomas Mann

  Britta Böhler has dramatized for us an important long weekend in Thomas Mann's life.

  Morten Høi JensenMar 25, 2016

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  A Sense of a Real Home

  "The Year of the Runaways" and "The Association of Small Bombs" both address political violence in North India and lives of Punjabis abroad.

  Anita FelicelliMar 24, 2016

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• Disguising Loss

  Don Franzen interviews William C. Gordon.

  Don FranzenMar 23, 2016

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  • Law

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  Bildungsroman in the Postmodern Era

  Reading "Wreck and Order" is like listening to a friend reflect with intelligence on some pretty questionable choices.

  Dehn GilmoreMar 21, 2016

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• My Year of Sarah Schulman

  It would be easy to enjoy "The Cosmopolitans" even if you had never heard the name Sarah Schulman before.

  Hugh RyanMar 20, 2016

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  • Gender & Sexuality

• Running Down a Dream

  An idiosyncratic collection of essays and short fictions considering an array of artistic, intellectual, and cultural celebrities.

  Louis BuryMar 20, 2016

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  • Literary Criticism