The Final Installment of the Ibis Trilogy
Amitav Ghosh's Ibis Trilogy comes to a conclusion with "Flood of Fire."
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Brand Anorexia: Alexandra Kleeman
"You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine," the new novel by Alexandra Kleeman, is obsessed with flesh.
Cold Opening: The Publicity Campaign for “Watchman”
The publicity game and the death of book reviewing: why the semi-cold opening for "Watchman"?
Representing Los Angeles: Nina Revoyr’s “Lost Canyon”
Désirée Zamorano on representation and Los Angeles in Nina Revoyr’s new novel.
Occasions for Wonder
Nina Revoyr discusses her latest novel, "Lost Canyon."
The Odd Couple: On Political Dissent and the Remarkable Similarities Between Mark Twain and Yu Hua
Twain's and Yu's oeuvres are filled with works that demonstrate their keen eye for the small dramas of everyday life and keen ear for linguistic hypocrisy.
Late L’Engle: The Wrinkles of Time, Redeemed
Madeleine L'Engle is pegged as a writer for young people, but that isn't all.
Andrei Bitov, Russian Politics, and Postmodernism
Known for his sharp wit and idiosyncratic prose, Andrei Bitov has become a curious fixture within the Russian literary establishment.
Find this, Americans, and get it into your bones
— The Dying Grass and other Dreams of William T. Vollmann
What Can “Go Set a Watchman” Teach Us That “To Kill a Mockingbird” Cannot?
Go Set a Watchman is not a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee intended it to be an entirely different book.
Manifold Destiny
Vollmann wishes for a release from ahistoricism that deprives Americans of the perspective needed to grapple capably with problems arising in the present.
Juan Villoro: At Last, an English Translation Brings His Seriously Funny Take on Identity to New Audiences
Juan Villoro is an under-known Mexican writer, whose humorous short stories probe questions of identity, self-perception, and authorship.
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