Fiction

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

American Small-Business Picaresque: A Conversation with Anna Cox
Anna Cox discusses her debut novel about life in a small Ohio town after the pencil factory explodes.
Brandon R. ReynoldsSep 8, 2020
- Fiction
An Inverse Journey: On Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults”
Rachel Duboff reviews “The Lying Life of Adults,” the new book by Elena Ferrante and translated by Ann Goldstein.
Rachel DuboffSep 1, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Wildly Intertwined: On Oksana Zabuzhko’s “Your Ad Could Go Here: Stories”
Olena Jennings finds poetry in “Your Ad Could Go Here: Stories” by Oksana Zabuzhko, translated from Ukrainian.
Olena JenningsAug 30, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Medicine and Activism in George Eliot’s “Quarry for Middlemarch”
How one of the greatest English novels emerged from research into a disease outbreak.
Joani EtskovitzAug 29, 2020
- Fiction
Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature
Hope Wabuke considers the future of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism.
Hope WabukeAug 27, 2020
Love and Courage, or On Being a Literary Editor in Today’s Istanbul: A Conversation with Mustafa Çevikdoğan and Mehmet Erte
Two major literary editors discuss the publishing scene in contemporary Turkey.
Iclal VanwesenbeeckAug 26, 2020
Makeshift Refuges: Edith Wharton’s Home-Building
Throughout her life and her work, Edith Wharton struggled to find a secure and lasting sanctuary.
Sophie HaigneyAug 24, 2020
- Fiction
To Be Engulfed: On Sarah Gerard’s “True Love”
Emmalea Russo finds “True Love,” the new novel by Sarah Gerard.
Emmalea RussoAug 23, 2020
- Fiction
Objectifying and Strange: Dinah Lenney interviews Jessica Gross
Dinah Lenney talks to Jessica Gross about her debut novel, “Hysteria.”
Dinah LenneyAug 18, 2020
- Fiction
The Politics of Rediscovery
By always relegating work by women artists to the zone of the neglected or forgotten, we risk only understanding them in this way.
Katie da Cunha LewinAug 17, 2020
Diaspora Among the Ruins: On Asako Serizawa’s “Inheritors”
Art Edwards is impressed by “Inheritors,” the debut short story collection from Asako Serizawa.
Art EdwardsAug 13, 2020
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The Complexities of Love: On Betsy Carter’s “Lost Souls at the Neptune Inn”
Loraine Despres finds “Lost Souls at the Neptune Inn,” the new novel by Betsy Carter.
Loraine DespresAug 12, 2020
- Fiction