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Somber and Evocative: On Ricardo Wilson’s “An Apparent Horizon and Other Stories”
A poetic, playful new collection of stories about suffering and death.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
The Excommunicated Communist
Almost unknown in the US, José Revueltas was a writer of unbounded exuberance and astonishing descriptive powers.
Stephen Crane’s 150th Birthday
Was Stephen Crane the American Dickens?
The Bolaño Boom: On Javier Serena’s “Last Words on Earth”
Aaron Bady untangles the complex relationship between fiction and reality in “Last Words on Earth,” Javier Serena’s novel inspired by the life of Roberto Bolaño.
Trouble and Grace: On Tom Noyes’s “The Substance of Things Hoped For”
A brilliant new novel about the madness of religious and political conviction.
Your Dwell Time Betrays You: On Rachel Genn’s “What You Could Have Won”
A novel about regret and toxic relationships written with clinical rigor and savage wit.
The Formation of a Neo-Nazi: On Sjón’s “Red Milk”
An admirable but unsatisfying account of why a disaffected man might drift toward extremism.
A Language for Herself: A Conversation with Ye Chun
Brian Castleberry talks with Ye Chun about her new collection of short stories, “Hao.”
A Talent for Insanity: On M. E. White’s “In the Balance”
A radical portrayal of female insanity from an unjustly forgotten woman novelist.
A Pandemic of Parties
Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” is a party girl novel after a year without parties.
“The Jarringness of Witnessing”: A Conversation with Anuk Arudpragasam
The Sri Lankan author discusses his new novel, the toll of civil war, and the burden of historical memory.
Holding and Unfolding Woolf’s Treasure: On “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway”
An indispensable critical guide to Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece.
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