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The Default of American Fiction Can No Longer Be White and Male

The Default of American Fiction Can No Longer Be White and Male

Nadeem Zaman on Being a South-Asian Writer in America

By Nadeem Zaman | December 9, 2019

Ophelia and After: Inventing the<br> Lonely Literary Woman

Ophelia and After: Inventing the
Lonely Literary Woman

Cleo Qian on Vivian Gornick, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sayaka Murata, and More

By Cleo Qian | December 6, 2019

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

John F. Callahan Looks at What Decades of Correspondence Can Reveal

By John F. Callahan | December 6, 2019

The Unapologetic Politics <br>of Howard Fast

The Unapologetic Politics
of Howard Fast

Mark Harris on the Writer Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy

By Mark Harris | December 6, 2019

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

Liesl Schillinger on the French Novelist Who Wrote
Powerfully of the Immigrant Experience

By Liesl Schillinger | December 5, 2019

On Brian Doyle's Mystical, Genre-Exploding Work

On Brian Doyle's Mystical, Genre-Exploding Work

David James Duncan Remembers the Late Great Writer
Who Tried to "Stare God in the Eye"

By David James Duncan | December 3, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Walking Through the House Where Louisa May Alcott Wrote Little Women

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | December 2, 2019

Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

By Allan Metcalf | November 27, 2019

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 27, 2019

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

Alireza Taheri Araghi on Trying to Find His Home Through a Screen

By Ali Araghi | November 26, 2019

Two Graphic Novels Ask: <br>Why Have Children in an Uncertain World?

Two Graphic Novels Ask:
Why Have Children in an Uncertain World?

On Climate Collapse, Alienation, and the Ethics of Becoming a Parent

By Michelle Delgado | November 25, 2019

Meditations on a Sunday Morning While Driving on Sunset Boulevard

Meditations on a Sunday Morning While Driving on Sunset Boulevard

Sam Farahmand on the Endless Expanses of Language and Los Angeles

By Sam Farahmand | November 25, 2019

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Karim Zidan on Dealing with the Fast and Loose
World of Egyptian Publishing

By Karim Zidan | November 25, 2019

The Long History of Afrogoth, from Toni Morrison to M. Lamar

The Long History of Afrogoth, from Toni Morrison to M. Lamar

Leila Taylor in Conversation with M. Lamar on Afropunk and Gothic Music and Lit (Also, a Playlist!)

By Literary Hub | November 25, 2019

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Alyssa Hull Tries to Find Optimism in Teaching Cli-Fi
to Terrified Students

By Alyssa Hull | November 22, 2019

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

On Her Final novel, Daniel Deronda

By Norman Lebrecht | November 22, 2019

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