Fiction

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

Answers No One Wants to Hear
Charles Taylor reviews Michel Houellebecq's "Submission."
Charles TaylorNov 18, 2015
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Deformed Symmetries
Stephen Sawyer on Michel Houellebecq's "Soumission" (Submission).
Stephen SawyerNov 18, 2015
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A Promiscuous Sensibility
Natalie Villacorta interviews Claire Vaye Watkins
Natalie VillacortaNov 14, 2015
- Fiction
Dangerous to Human
What Hempel and Ciment share, and what is ultimately revealed to be the heart of the novel, is a profound love and respect for dogs.
Justin TaylorNov 10, 2015
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The Syntax of Anxiety: Unica Zürn’s Novella
Unica Zürn's novella "The Trumpets of Jericho" takes place in a certain limbo, at the torn seam between verisimilitude and disbelief.
Zack HatfieldNov 9, 2015
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The Whirring Gears of the Colonialist Machine
The gargantuan endeavor of the Ibis trilogy — an attempt to remedy the absences and silences of received history …
Nasia AnamNov 6, 2015
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Escape into the Present: An Interview with Steve Toltz
To escape is to be in the present. There’s something wonderful about writing, where you’re both in the present, in the moment, yet also in an imaginative fantasyland. So you get the best of both worlds.
Dominic GreenNov 2, 2015
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The Melancholy of Patrick Modiano
GD Dess writes about the legacy of Nobel Prize–winner Patrick Modiano.
GD DessOct 30, 2015
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War in Pieces: Violence and Conflict in David Mitchell’s “The Bone Clocks”
An examination of the prominent themes of war and violence in David Mitchell’s work, particularly his recent Bone Clocks, and how these themes are always heavily couched in the narrative experiences of characters who he brings to life with an honesty and realism befitting a master of his craft.
Glyn MorganOct 30, 2015
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Never Be Afraid to Suck
The first piece you write that your family hates means you’ve found your voice.
Haig ChahinianOct 29, 2015
- Fiction
The Blue-Collar King: An Interview with Stephen King
Stephen King talks genre, politics, and the proletariat novelist.
Angela S. AllanOct 25, 2015
- Fiction
A Fortress of Solitude
"The Weight of Things" is the tip of an iceberg of desolation.
Amanda DeMarcoOct 23, 2015
- Fiction