Fiction

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

• A Rabbi and a Hit Man Walk into a Subdivision

  Tod Goldberg has decided to put his own absurd twist on old mafia tales with his novel "Gangsterland."

  Adam RosenOct 19, 2014

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  • Noir

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  Speaking of Memory: Nabokov’s Folded Fabric

  "There is a giddy, illicit charge to Nabokov’s hunt for a glimpse of infinity."

  Peter BirkenheadOct 18, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

• Whether to Betray Her Country or Her Heart

  "The Orphan Sky," by Baku native Ella Leya, is the first novel about Azerbaijan to be published in the West since 1937’s "Ali and Nino" by Kurban Said.

  Don HeckmanOct 16, 2014

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• Smiley’s Begats

  Susannah Shive on Jane Smiley’s Some Luck

  Susannah ShiveOct 16, 2014

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• The Woman Wild

  Marilynne Robinson’s 'Lila'

  Sarah BlackwoodOct 16, 2014

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• Wailin and Dreadin

  Dotun Akintoye on 'A Brief History of Seven Killings'

  Dotun AkintoyeOct 13, 2014

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• Nothing Sublime, Nothing Grandiose

  Morten Hoi Jensen on the Contemporary Danish Short Story

  Morten Høi JensenOct 12, 2014

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• War Fractures

  Lisa Ko on Lan Cao’s The Lotus and the Storm

  Lisa KoOct 11, 2014

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• Nail Me Right Inside the Blackness

  Annie Galvin on A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing

  Annie GalvinOct 7, 2014

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  [VIDEO] Mona Simpson on Love and Spying in "Casebook"

  Mona Simpson discusses the inspiration for her new novel "Casebook" and why it is a different kind of love story.

  LARB AVApr 15, 2014

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• Pickles, Puja, and Pulp: On Tamil Pulp Fiction

  Kaavya AsokaDec 29, 2013

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• FICTION: NEW & NOTEWORTHY

  Alizah Salario, Geoff Mak, Ira Wells, Ryan BubaloDec 25, 2013

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