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Shades of Gray and Black
Sarah Heston reviews Kristen Radtke's "Imagine Wanting Only This."
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The State of Post-Truth
"What is Florida?" Anya Ventura on Sarah Gerard's "Sunshine State."
An Interview with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Nanda Dyssou talks to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about writing in native languages, living in exile, and his hope for Africa.
“Literature with a Capital L”: On Arthur Krystal’s “This Thing We Call Literature”
Patrick Kurp appreciates the serious “sallies” of “This Thing We Call Literature” by Arthur Krystal.
Gurwitch Goes for the Gelt
Mort Zachter visits Annabelle Gurwitch's "Wherever You Go, There They Are."
“I Know That Story!”: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “Family Lexicon”
Eric Gudas pores over “Family Lexicon” by Natalia Ginzburg.
How to Be Torn-Between
Emily LaBarge reviews Durga Chew-Bose's "Too Much and Not the Mood."
Music in the Air: A Tribute to Music Critic Ralph J. Gleason
Jon Friedman on "Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason."
Sun, Hum, and Shade
Matt Seidel reviews Martha Cooley's "Guesswork: A Reckoning With Loss."
A Safe Place
Heather Scott Partington on Yiyun Li's "Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You in Your Life."
Getting “Woke”: Mary Gaitskill’s “Somebody with a Little Hammer”
Is there enough new material by Gaitskill in "Somebody with a Little Hammer"? Sariah Dorbin weighs in.
Majoring in Discomfort: John Domini Interviews David Shields
David Shields on "Other People: Takes & Mistakes," the problems of Kundera, and why Gary Cooper walks the way he does.
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