In the Beginning... Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

In the Beginning... Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

Patrick Nathan on the Process of Creating New Fictional Universes

By Patrick Nathan | June 17, 2024

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

Patrick Nathan on the Inability to Carry Meaning Forward
and Distinguish Truth

By Patrick Nathan | August 19, 2021

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Patrick Nathan on the Beautiful Morbidity of Language

By Patrick Nathan | February 12, 2018

A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

On War, Satire, and the Novels of Irène Némirovsky

By Patrick Nathan | December 11, 2017

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