Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Laila Lalami: "Our world... may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it’s the one we have—and the one we make."

By Laila Lalami | March 13, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A great Torrey Peters story feels like punching yourself in the face.”

By Book Marks | March 13, 2025

How Shirley Jackson Exposed the Darker, Uncanny Side of Everyday Life

How Shirley Jackson Exposed the Darker, Uncanny Side of Everyday Life

Ruth Franklin on the Moody, Beguiling Stories of an American Icon of Speculative Fiction

By Ruth Franklin | March 13, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mónica de la Torre Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mónica de la Torre Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Amelia Rosselli, Samuel Beckett, Prem Krishnamurthy, and Others

By Diana Arterian | March 13, 2025

Curtis Sittenfeld on Show Don’t Tell

Curtis Sittenfeld on Show Don’t Tell

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 13, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>The Days of Abandonment</em> by Elena Ferrante

A Small Press Book We Love:
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

By Emily Firetog | March 12, 2025

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What Kafka’s Hypochondria Reveals About His Literary and Personal Life

By Will Rees | March 12, 2025

Karen Russell on What Natural Disasters Can Reveal About the Human Condition

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Playing With Paradoxes: Utilizing Time Travel as a Part of Plot and Process

By Catriona Silvey | March 12, 2025

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More

By Helen Nde | March 12, 2025

Helen Garner on Henry Green's <em>Party Going</em>

Helen Garner on Henry Green's Party Going

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | March 12, 2025

Carvell Wallace on Changing Perspective

Carvell Wallace on Changing Perspective

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 12, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction</em>

A Small Press Book We Love:
That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction

By Drew Broussard | March 11, 2025

The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Not-So-Sweet 16

The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Not-So-Sweet 16

Round Three!

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2025

Jackson Howard on Risking It All

Jackson Howard on Risking It All

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | March 11, 2025

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

Bryan Alistair Charles on the Unexpected Gifts of Discovering Brian Charles

By Bryan Alistair Charles | March 11, 2025

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