Fiction

Kamel Daoud and the Paradoxes of Liberation

Kamel Daoud and the Paradoxes of Liberation Kamel Daoud and the Paradoxes of Liberation

In a new collection of his political writings, the Algerian novelist contemplates the unfinished business of his country’s struggle for independence.

Sep 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robyn Creswell

The Maddening Genius of Lynne Tillman

The Maddening Genius of Lynne Tillman The Maddening Genius of Lynne Tillman

Her fiction and non-fiction explores, in exacting detail, the lives of obsessives, offering a window into the inner workings of particularly intense minds.

Sep 30, 2019 / Haley Mlotek

Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia

Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia

The Testaments, Atwood’s sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, gives undue credit to Gilead’s misogynistic female enabler.

Sep 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Does This Nearly 1,000-Page-Long Sentence Encapsulate the Anxiety of American Life?

Does This Nearly 1,000-Page-Long Sentence Encapsulate the Anxiety of American Life? Does This Nearly 1,000-Page-Long Sentence Encapsulate the Anxiety of American Life?

Lucy Ellmann’s novel Ducks, Newburyport provides a comprehensive diagnosis of one citizen’s very modern alienation.

Sep 19, 2019 / Dustin Illingworth

Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel of Manners

Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel of Manners Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel of Manners

Her second book, Normal People, mines the travails of Irish youth to tell a decidedly contemporary love story. 

Sep 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

What Inspired ‘Lolita’? What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

Sarah Weinman’s new book traces the true crime that influenced Nabokov and the writing of his novel.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity

Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity Transfixing and Repellent: Susan Steinberg’s Fictions of Insidious Masculinity

Her debut novel, Machine, looks at how the language, codes, and culture of men subordinate one teenage girl on vacation.  

Sep 5, 2019 / Kyle Paoletta

Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel

Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel

Set in a dreamlike Alaska, The Unpassing examines the hope and tragedy of a Taiwanese-American family. 

Jul 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham

Bruno Schulz’s Dream Worlds

Bruno Schulz’s Dream Worlds Bruno Schulz’s Dream Worlds

Born in turn-of-the-century Poland, Schulz lived both longer and better in his books than in real life. 

Jul 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

Colson Whitehead Opens Up

Colson Whitehead Opens Up Colson Whitehead Opens Up

In a wide-ranging conversation with The Nation, the author talks about political writing, zombies and horror stories, American history, and his new novel The Nickel Boys.

Jul 19, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

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