Jonathan Franzen: On Page-Turners and Big Ideas
Wyatt Mason in Conversation with the Author of Purity
Lauren Cerand’s Night Out at the Archipelago Gala
In Which Our Fearless Literary Nightlife Correspondent Makes Her Debut
Sloane Crosley on Self-Diagnosing Novel Dysmorphia
Because in the Writer's Mind, Size Sometimes Matters
“At the time, the country was mad for the Ouija board, a crass version of the séance. If you had a question for the dead, the board would offer something! Songs were written about Madame Ouija. Moving pictures were made.”
A Phone Call From Paul: Neil Gaiman, Part II
In Which Paul Holdengraber and Neil Gaiman Talk Bees, Fatherhood, and Magic
Marlon James: Five Jamaican Novels You Should Read
Shapeshifters, Metafictions, and a Whole lot of Sex
The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli, Translated by Christina MacSweeney
“The retired seamstress Margo Glantz didn’t wake her son until after dinner. During the preceding week, Margo Glantz, who suffered from insomnia, had been feeling irritated by the presence of her son, David Miklos, who, for his part, suffered from narcolepsy. David Miklos had lost his job at the checkout in the Farmacia del Ahorro because he’d fallen asleep on more than one occasion.”
Identities Adrift Off the American Shore
Korean-Japanese Relations, National Identity, and the Zainichi
When Social Progress Moves Faster Than Your Novel-in-Progress
On the Decade-Long Evolution of a Trans Character
Five Books Making News This Week: Memoir Queens and Ping-Pong Losers
Also: Poets, Puppies, and Prize Winners
Castro: A Graphic Novel
Reinhard Kleist
"On the heels of America's renewed relations with Cuba, this vivid graphic novel reveals the life and times of Fidel Castro, one of the 20th century's most intriguing, charismatic, and divisive figures. The book is narrated by a German journalist named Karl Mertens, who is plunged into the searing heat of pre-revolutionary Cuba in the mid-1950s. He first meets with Castro while the latter is hiding in the mountains, then follows him through the dramatic revolution and his ascent to the presidency."
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