Fiction

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

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  The Gothic Dramarama: On the 200th Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë

  Steph ChaApr 21, 2016

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  A Conversation with Carolina De Robertis on Immigration, Sexuality, and the True Origins of the Tango

  Carolina de Robertis is a Uruguayan-American author and has written three internationally best-selling novels — all set in the Río de la Plata region.

  Natassja SchielApr 20, 2016

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  A “Loneliness Called Los Angeles”: The Destiny of an Iranian-Jewish Family

  "The Girl From the Garden" by Parnaz Foroutan interweaves concerns with patriarchy, fertility, and fate in early 20th-century Iran.

  Leah MirakhorApr 19, 2016

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  Fat Girl as Humanized Disaster

  Mona Awad’s debut collection adds new depth to the fat girl in literature with this disastrous, so-sad-it’s-maybe-funny narrator.

  Rachel Charlene LewisApr 18, 2016

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• Graphomania: A Life in Words

  Walter Mosley: "I find my books more interesting than me."

  Kate BurnsApr 15, 2016

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  • Noir

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  The Multiple Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Nnedi Okorafor’s Literary Nigeria

  Kinitra D. BrooksApr 13, 2016

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  • SF

• Surely Some Revelation Is at Hand

  Ryan McIlvainApr 12, 2016

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  Collaborating with Surveillance: Wolfgang Hilbig’s East German Fiction

  Angela WoodwardApr 11, 2016

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• The Decadence of “Diaboliques”

  Dennis M. HoganApr 11, 2016

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• The Sin Eater: Alice Thomas Ellis and the Gothic Tradition

  Abby GeniApr 9, 2016

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  • Noir

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  The Scorched-Earth Generation

  David FedmanApr 8, 2016

  • Fiction

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  “The North Water”: A Blood-Drenched Tale of Arctic Whalers

  Joshua RigsbyApr 7, 2016

  • Fiction