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Beyond the Matrimonial Horizon
An adaptation that feels at once deeply faithful and impious.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Narrative as Provocation
Douglas Piccinnini suspends and electrifies narration.
Multilingual Wordsmiths, Part 2: Michael Hofmann in an Age of Increasing Insufficiency
Michael Hofmann and Liesl Schillinger discuss knowing German and translating the big story.
In Search of the Great Hollywood Novel
Hollywood novels let us see the past, not in long-shot, with the gulf of time separating us from the events they describe, but in brilliant close-up
The Comfort of War: Pat Barker’s World War II Trilogy
The beginning of Pat Barker’s novel "Noonday" raises the question of whether we are too saturated by fictions that play to our fascination with World War II
Multilingual Wordsmiths, Part 1: Lydia Davis and Translationese
I enjoy that aspect of writing that doesn’t involve writing one’s own things; I also love the puzzle aspect of it. Translation is writing and a puzzle.
The Woman Inside
Sari Wilson’s debut novel "Girl Through Glass" is set in the ballet world of 1970s New York aestheticism.
Our Hero and His Blues: Celebrating Albert Murray
Clifford Thompson celebrates Albert Murray 100th birthday by taking an in-depth look at his life's work
The Most Beautiful Illusion
An interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky, a filmmaker, poet, novelist, comics writer, mime, actor, soundtrack composer, “psychomagician,” and Tarot reader
Out of Their Tree
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut, "The Nest", one of the most hyped novels of the year.
Reines de la Nuit
Alexander Chee talks opera, the writing life, and his new novel "The Queen of the Night"
Life Inherited: A Conversation Between Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Ramona Ausubel
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Ramona Ausubel speak about their new novels, "The Nest" and "Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty".
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