Fiction

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

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  Love and Critique: A Conversation with Sanjena Sathian

  Sanjena Sathian talks about her satirical coming-of-age novel “Gold Diggers.”

  Vignesh RamachandranJul 12, 2021

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  The Passion of the Taxidermist: On Betina González’s “American Delirium”

  A psychedelic, absurdist parable about getting in touch with our animal selves.

  Molly MacVeaghJul 9, 2021

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  The Vertigo of East Asia: On Chang-rae Lee’s “My Year Abroad”

  Kion You reviews the latest from Chang-rae Lee, "My Year Abroad."

  Kion YouJul 6, 2021

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  History Is a Story that Satisfies Power: A Conversation with Joshua Cohen

  The celebrated American author discusses his new novel, “The Netanyahus.”

  Zachary IssenbergJul 4, 2021

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• Did Alice Munro Win Canada’s Only Nobel for Literature, or What?!

  Fulfilling Canada’s cultural mandate to celebrate its preeminent author.

  AnandJun 30, 2021

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  Future Selves: On Nana Nkweti’s “Walking on Cowrie Shells”

  Nana Nkweti’s debut story collection, “Walking on Cowrie Shells,” uses genre tropes to subvert our expectations.

  Lee ThomasJun 30, 2021

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  Frenemies in a War Zone: On Andrey Kurkov’s “Grey Bees”

  A newly translated novel explores the shades of gray in contemporary Ukraine.

  Olesya KhromeychukJun 26, 2021

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  A Greater Catastrophe in Carol Edgarian’s “Vera”

  Tryphena Yeboah reviews "Vera," the new novel by Carol Edgarian set after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

  Tryphena YeboahJun 24, 2021

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  All That Glitters Is Not Sad: On Dario Diofebi’s “Paradise, Nevada”

  A maximalist novel about the Las Vegas Strip falters outside the poker rooms.

  Brittany BronsonJun 23, 2021

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  Write the Book You Want: A Conversation with Angie Cruz

  Dominican American novelist Angie Cruz on the differences between history and fiction and the white bias of mainstream publishing.

  Alex EspinozaJun 18, 2021

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  What Teffi Knew: On “Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints”

  Anna Razumnaya understands and feels understood by Teffi, the Russian author whose latest collection in English is “Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints.”

  Anna RazumnayaJun 17, 2021

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  Entangled in Family: On Miljenko Jergović’s “Kin” and Semezdin Mehmedinović’s “My Heart”

  Two newly translated novels by Bosnian authors explore the intersections of family life and national identity.

  Sarah McEachernJun 15, 2021

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