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Fiction

The Enormity of It All: On Stephen Markley’s “The Deluge”
Kevin Koczwara reflects on Stephen Markley’s “The Deluge” and his own climate anxieties....
Kevin KoczwaraApr 18
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Survivor Testimonies: A Conversation with Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Leland Cheuk interviews Marie Myung-Ok Lee about “The Evening Hero.”...
Leland CheukApr 12
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Reshaping a Country: On Rachel Heng’s “The Great Reclamation”
Jeremy Tiang reviews Rachel Heng’s “The Great Reclamation.”...
Jeremy TiangApr 7
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Homeless in the World: On Anna Seghers
Rey Conquer explores the work of East German author Anna Seghers....
Rey ConquerApr 5
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Did Philip Roth Read Judy Blume?
Sarah Arkebauer ponders the eerie similarities between Judy Blume’s 1977 novel “Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself” and Philip Roth’s 1979 novel “The Ghost Writer.”...
Sarah ArkebauerApr 4
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Take a Lesbian for a Drink: On 50 Years of Rita Mae Brown’s “Rubyfruit Jungle”
Trish Bendix shows how Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel “Rubyfruit Jungle” has inspired five decades of lesbian pop culture....
Trish BendixMar 31
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No Prayer for Such a Thing: On Cormac McCarthy’s “The Passenger”
Peggy R. Ellsberg reviews Cormac McCarthy’s “The Passenger.”...
Peggy EllsbergMar 28
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Sincerely Paranoid: On Catherine Lacey’s “Biography of X”
Jenny Wu reviews Catherine Lacey’s “Biography of X.”...
Jenny WuMar 27
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Ceaseless Life and Death: On Tom Comitta’s “The Nature Book”
Darina Sikmashvili reviews Tom Comitta’s “The Nature Book.”...
Darina SikmashviliMar 23
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Coping with Injustice: A Conversation with Yxta Maya Murray
Daniel A. Olivas speaks with Yxta Maya Murray about her new novel “God Went Like That.”...
Daniel A. OlivasMar 18
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Tight Wires: On Sandra Simonds’s “Assia”
Kristin Grogan reviews Sandra Simonds’ “Assia.”...
Kristin GroganMar 16
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A Worrying Radiance: On Yxta Maya Murray’s “God Went Like That”
Ricardo L. Ortiz reviews Yxta Maya Murray’s “God Went Like That.”...
Ricardo L OrtizMar 15
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I Was Wrong to Buy This Notebook, Very Wrong: On Alba de Céspedes’s “Forbidden Notebook”
Joy Castro reviews Alba de Céspedes’s “Forbidden Notebook,” translated by Ann Goldstein....
Joy CastroMar 4
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Shipwrecked: On Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands”
Julia Case-Levine reviews Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands.”...
Julia Case-LevineMar 3
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A Life Poorly and Jointly Lived: On Pankaj Mishra’s “Run and Hide”
Aditya Narayan Sharma reviews Pankaj Mishra’s “Run and Hide.”...
Aditya Narayan SharmaFeb 28
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History Is Hard to Decode: On 50 Years of Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow”
Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Gravity’s Rainbow,” a half century old today, has never seemed more relevant....
M. Keith BookerFeb 28
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Sexual Transcription: On Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss”
Madeleine Connors reviews Jen Beagin’s new novel “Big Swiss.”...
Madeleine ConnorsFeb 21
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We Invent the People We Love: On Lalla Romano’s “A Silence Shared”
Thea Hawlin reviews Lalla Romano’s novel “A Silence Shared,” translated by Brian Robert Moore....
Thea HawlinFeb 21
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Itʼs Just Pourin Outta Me: On Jáchym Topol’s “A Sensitive Person”
Cory Oldweiler reviews Alex Zucker’s English translation of Czech author Jáchym Topol’s novel “A Sensitive Person.”...
Cory OldweilerFeb 17
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Dysphoria Blues: On Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body”
Grace Byron reviews Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body.”...
Grace ByronFeb 14
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The Fluid Dynamics of Authorial Identity: On Douglas Robinson’s “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila” and His Transcreation of Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia”
Brendan Riley reviews Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia: A Transcreation by Douglas Robinson” and “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila — A Memoir-Novel About the White Terror Following the Finnish Civil War by J. I. Vatanen: A Pseudotranslation by Douglas Robinson.”...
Brendan RileyFeb 12
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Marginality and Mahua Literature: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings”
Jeremy Tiang reviews Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature.”...
Jeremy TiangFeb 11
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Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process
Erdağ Göknar discusses Orhan Pamuk’s writing notebooks and how they illuminate his new novel “Nights of Plague.”...
Erdağ GöknarFeb 8
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They Toss Bodies at You: On Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night”
Elizabeth Gonzalez James reviews Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night.”...
Elizabeth Gonzalez JamesFeb 6
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