Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
The Romance of Resistance
Ardor and Tenderness in China’s Capital
“Vis-à-vis the mysteries of daily life”: On Diane Williams’s “Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine”
“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.
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.
The Philosophy of Fugu
Sometimes real life provides more conspiracies, cover-ups, and crimes than even a crime writer like me could think up.
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.
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."
Migrations Gone Awry
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's "La Superba" offers a look into the underbelly of Genoa's immigrant community.
The Unbearable Pathos of Thomas Mann
Britta Böhler has dramatized for us an important long weekend in Thomas Mann's life.
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.
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