Fiction

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

• “The Moment” in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Lowland”

  The history at the beginning of The Lowland is not a flaw, it is centrally important to the novel.

  Anita FelicelliOct 9, 2013

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  Essays on Jonathan Franzen’s Latest Book and His First

  Andrew Winer, Nina MartyrisSep 22, 2013

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  The Writer as Reader: Melville and his Marginalia

  William GiraldiAug 18, 2013

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• Torture Unimagined

  Hilary PlumJul 30, 2013

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• Lives Derailed, Novel Unfinished

  Delving into an unfinished novel is a sticky business. The chance to sneak behind the fluffed and combed prose, and cast a glance at the bare scaffolding can be fraught with expectations and the seeds of disappointment.

  David FrancisJul 27, 2013

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  Small Town Scandals: On Callie Wright’s “Love All”

  Bill BradleyJul 23, 2013

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  The Dire Year: An Interview with Tamara Shopsin

  Samantha PealeJul 22, 2013

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  The Past Gets Bigger and the Future Shrinks: An Interview with Martin Amis

  Jane GrahamJul 21, 2013

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  The Stupidity of Mankind, Its Misuse of Reason: An Interview with William H. Gass

  Len GutkinApr 1, 2013

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  Halloween Fiction Roundtable

  Francesca Lia Block, Matthew Specktor, Stefan Kiesbye, Susan Straight, Toby BarlowOct 31, 2012

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  More Than Just a Place to Stop for Gas

  Leah LarsonOct 24, 2012

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  The Voice of the Sea: Hurricanes in Life & Literature

  The legacy of the hurricane in literature and Louisiana

  Ingrid NortonOct 17, 2012

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