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The Need to Talk: On Marguerite Duras’s “The Darkroom”
“The Darkroom” is a critique of aesthetics and politics, and a meditation on the end of the world.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
I’d Be the Loser and Murdered: On Joshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus”
David N. Myers weighs the sins of the real-life family emplotted in “The Netanyahus,” a new comic novel from Joshua Cohen.
The Future of Global Englishes Is Coming: A Conversation with Rahul Raina
The Indian novelist discusses the three ingredients that make up his work: Delhi, global English, and masala.
Can Literature Teach Us How to Die?: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Priyanka Champaneri
What can literature teach us about our inevitable trip to “the undiscovered country”?
Community as Protagonist: Talking with Virginie Despentes
In Virginie Despentes’s Vernon Subutext Trilogy, the hero is the posse.
Richard Wright’s Underground Novel
Richard Wright’s “lost” novel about police violence is in print for the first time.
Punishment Is Coming: On Mieko Kawakami’s “Heaven”
Mieko Kawakami’s novel “Heaven” explores the sufferings and cruelties of adolescence.
Semi-Plausible Histories: On Torrey Peters’s “Detransition, Baby”
A sparkling debut novel challenges ideologically charged notions of gender and motherhood.
Insurmountable Divides: On Ethel Rohan’s “In the Event of Contact”
Jean Hey reviews Ethel Rohan’s new story collection “In the Event of Contact,” immigrant tales grounded in a distinctly Irish grit.
The Adjunct Gaze
Two new novels grapple with the precarity of women’s labor in contemporary academia.
The Stolen Joys of the Body: Aging and Sexuality in Clarice Lispector’s Short Stories
Lispector confronts the pleasures and perils of the aging female body with startling honesty.
Conjuring Love: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
A wondrous combination of love and outrage drives Kiese Laymon’s writing.
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