Fiction

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

• Fake Mysteries

  Does Bradford Morrow's novel satisfy both its genre and extra-genre requirements?

  Scott AdlerbergNov 1, 2014

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  Blank Space on the Family Tree

  An Interview with Vanessa Manko

  Natasha AwasthiOct 30, 2014

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• Committed

  Angela Flournoy reviews 'Ruby' by Cynthia Bond

  Angela FlournoyOct 25, 2014

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• A Literary Wolf

  William Giraldi's "Hold the Dark" is an uncompromising book. In its language. In its outlook. In its journey.

  Michael LokessonOct 23, 2014

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• Inadvertent Cruelty

  In 'Nora Webster', Colm Tóibín Reexplores Childhood Abandonment

  Daniel PearceOct 19, 2014

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  • Literary Fiction

• 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

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  • 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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