Fiction

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

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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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• Grossly Underprepared: Elisa Albert’s Novel of New Motherhood

  Elisa Albert's After Birth takes on female friendship with the same boldness and irreverence with which she dismantles the clichés of motherhood.

  Alexis NelsonFeb 18, 2015

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  Just Not Heterosexual at His Core

  Michael Leone Interviews Robert Plunket, Author of "My Search for Warren Harding"

  Michael LeoneFeb 17, 2015

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  An Interview with Laura van den Berg on her novel “Find Me”

  "My favorite endings are the ones where the car skids right up to the edge of the cliff and we’re left peering over and wondering what’s down there."

  Kathleen C. StoneFeb 17, 2015

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• A Hundred Thousand Years of Making Love

  "The First Bad Man" not only showcases Miranda July’s essential humanism, it displays a blossoming maturity, accessibility, and philosophical depth.

  Shane Joaquin JimenezFeb 13, 2015

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  Nationality Meets Sexuality Meets Reality

  Israeli-American author Shelly Oria on how her characters transcend the boundaries of culture, sexuality, and reality.

  Alanna SchubachFeb 7, 2015

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  Sweeter for Its Shadows: A Bookish Love Affair from Seth Greenland

  Seth Greenland lets us see his writer/characters in their own rough drafts, endlessly shaping the words of their own consciousness.

  Moira MacdonaldFeb 7, 2015

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  Messing with Maps: Walking David Foster Wallace’s Boston

  Bill Lattanzi explores "Infinite Jest" through the geography of David Foster Wallace's Boston.

  Bill LattanziFeb 6, 2015

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