Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education
The Danish novelist and poet was a rare writer—one who shunned sentiment but not empathy in her stories.
Jul 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada” A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada”
A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership.
Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil
His novel Mr. President is a masterwork of political fiction and a prime example of linguistic beauty in the Latin American tradition.
Jul 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Mario Vargas Llosa
Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel
A conversation about her new book Either/Or, the limits of aesthetic life, and much more.
Jul 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Najwa Jamal
Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick” Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”
Pierre Senges’s avant-garde retelling of Melville's great work asks us what the limits of the novel are.
Jun 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby
Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays Fernanda Melchor’s Dark Morality Plays
In her third novel, Melchor turns her allegorical powers in an even more explicitly political direction.
Jun 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora
The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile
Following an ardent and obsessive reader, Claire-Louise Bennett’s Checkout 19 asks if one can find all the things they need in life in a book.
Jun 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor
Her new novel, Paradais, is an explosive exploration of the boundaries of the Spanish language and the the banal brutality of everyday violence.
Jun 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
The Walter Tevis Renaissance The Walter Tevis Renaissance
On the revival of one of the most perceptive American chroniclers of addiction.
May 25, 2022 / Jackson Arn
The Ardor of Tessa Hadley The Ardor of Tessa Hadley
Her novels are masterful domestic dramas that obsess over the mechanics of adultery and illicit passion.
May 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney