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“We Must Write Well”: On Cecilia Pavón’s “Little Joy”
Kate Wolf sorts through “Little Joy: Selected Stories” by Argentine author Cecilia Pavón, translated by Jacob Steinberg.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
A Melancholic Muscle: On Jon Lindsey’s “Body High”
Gabriel Hart plumbs the depths of “Body High,” a debut novel by Jon Lindsey.
The Forgotten Genius of Leo Perutz
Daniel Polansky offers an overview of the unfortunately neglected novels of Leo Perutz.
“Service, Not Servility”: On Alexander Griboedov and Yuri Tynianov
Anna Aslanyan considers two recently translated books by Alexander Griboedov and Yuri Tynianov.
Horseman, Pass By
The McMurtry canon is proof that good stories resonate like a plucked strand of barbed wire.
Ray Bradbury and the Last Global Pandemic
Ray Bradbury never forgot the tragedy of the 1918 pandemic.
The World Most of Us Don’t See: A Conversation with Katherine Seligman
Laurie Ann Doyle talks with Katherine Seligman about her newest novel, "At the Edge of the Haight."
Searching for Healing in a Darkening Land
Brandon Hobson’s “The Removed” is a horrific, funny, sensual, thoughtful, and ultimately truthful account of the ongoing scourge of racism.
Death and Hope: On Federico Falco’s “A Perfect Cemetery”
The first translated collection of stories from a celebrated Argentinian author.
“An Apparition, Am I Not?”: On Cynthia Ozick’s “Antiquities”
Nathan Dunne follows Cynthia Ozick into the labyrinth of her latest novel, “Antiquities.”
Written in the Face: On Sergei Lebedev’s “Untraceable”
Robyn Jensen tracks down Sergei Lebedev’s “Untraceable,” a novel centering on a deadly nerve toxin, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.
Fear of Wanting
Two new novels explore the emotional complexities of eating disorders.
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