Fiction

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

It’s Not Even Past
John Bowe and James Hannaham Discuss Delicious Foods, Nobodies, and Modern American Slavery
John BoweMar 24, 2015
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A Satin Island of the Mind
Christopher Urban on Tom McCarthy's new novel.
Christopher UrbanMar 24, 2015
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Building van Gogh’s World
Van Gogh was so appreciative of the beauty of the natural world, and he wanted to give back to this beauty by representing it as best he could.
Claire LuchetteMar 21, 2015
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An Elephant Remembers
John Dixon Mirisola on Tania James's second novel.
John Dixon MirisolaMar 20, 2015
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Paranoia, the Realistic Response
In Horatio Moya’s novel about a journalist exiled from El Salvador, paranoia is the only logical and moral response.
Michael LaPointeMar 20, 2015
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The Imitation Game
Jacob Rubin: “I just follow my characters around and wait for them to do something interesting.”
Clarissa RomanoMar 14, 2015
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Love Lays Ghastly Traps for the Soul
“Love lays ghastly traps for the soul,” in Tremain’s engrossing tales, but her characters accept their unhappiness as the necessary antidote to meaninglessness.
Mary F. CoreyMar 12, 2015
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Smuggling the Lessons of Modernism: Will Self
Will Self doesn’t exactly play it straight.
William HarrisMar 9, 2015
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Revisiting “Slaughterhouse-Five”
Jonathan Creasy on Dresden, Vonnegut, and "Slaughterhouse-Five."
Jonathan CreasyMar 6, 2015
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Fear of the Cold: Aki Ollikainen
"Aki Ollikainen: his prose is as determined as the characters’ own will to live."
Ben PaynterFeb 25, 2015
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Unnerved and a Bit Delirious
“I tried to send my book to agents, but it’s not built for that world.”
Aaron ShulmanFeb 20, 2015
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Unfilmable
To read Kelly Link’s stories is to understand the sheer possibilities of form, of genre, and how rules can be twisted, snapped, shattered.
Carmen Maria MachadoFeb 18, 2015
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