Fear and Loathing in Freetown
As a journalist, Denis Johnson reported on some of the worst atrocities befalling Africa, but until now he had not used the material for fiction.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Beauty, Mourning, and Melancholy in Africa39
Africa39 spins at this axis, between the colonized generation of Things Fall Apart and Heart of Darkness and the post-colonial world to which it gave birth.
Incompetence Porn: Courtney Moreno’s Existential Tales of an EMT
Moreno’s tale of a novice emergency medical technician isn’t one of virtuosity, genius, or preternatural strength, but of a halting progression from incompetence to competence — a very human trajectory.
Why Such Tidings
"McGlue" has the urgency of short fiction married with the grandiosity of an epic at-sea classic.
Writing Is a Lonely Business: James McKimmey, Philip K. Dick, and the Lost Art of Author Correspondence
"At times Dick’s letters read like outtakes of his books, with allusions to alternate realities merging with accounts of everyday life."
A Spanish Saga
It Was a Very Good Year
Why study a single year? Lots of reasons.
Fake Mysteries
Does Bradford Morrow's novel satisfy both its genre and extra-genre requirements?
Blank Space on the Family Tree
An Interview with Vanessa Manko
Committed
Angela Flournoy reviews 'Ruby' by Cynthia Bond
A Literary Wolf
William Giraldi's "Hold the Dark" is an uncompromising book. In its language. In its outlook. In its journey.
Inadvertent Cruelty
In 'Nora Webster', Colm Tóibín Reexplores Childhood Abandonment
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