As a general rule, a single person should not live with a couple – it is a recipe for heartbreak – but back in those days, the three architecture students did not know that. They found a cavernous apartment near…
Review: The Gnome Stories by Ander Monson
Ander Monson is not like most writers. While others strive to have one book out in the world at a time, Monson has made it a habit of publishing twin volumes simultaneously. His short story collection, The Gnome Stories (Gray…
Review of Some Trick: Thirteen Stories by Helen DeWitt
Some Trick: Thirteen Stories is Helen DeWitt’s third book in nearly two decades. It begins with a two-page mock-epigraph called “Here Is Somewhere.” The section riffs off “We’re Off to See the Wizard” from The Wizard of Oz, except the…
Review: Actress by Anne Enright
Anne Enright’s latest novel Actress begins with a question: “What was she like?”. The she in question is Katherine O’Dell, famous actress of the stage and screen, an Irish icon and, most importantly, the mother of our narrator, Norah. It’s…
Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Taylor forces his characters to be active participants in the mess of reality. By rejecting their impulse to isolate themselves, he grants them culpability, dignity, and ultimately, humanity.
Art and Seoul: An Interview with Frances Cha
Frances Cha speaks about If I Had Your Face, her debut novel set in South Korea, and about writing, art, pop culture, and women.
On Being A Good Indian: An Interview With Stephen Graham Jones
Max Asher Miller spoke with Stephen Graham Jones about The Only Good Indians, a bloody book with eyes on what it means to navigate Native American identity.
Review: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
A terrifying whirlwind of blood with the brains to match, The Only Good Indians is sure to be among the most exciting novels this summer can scare up.
Review: You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South
South’s prose is funny, propulsive, and completely original… explored with nuance and depth.
Review: Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Moshfegh’s Death in Her Hands makes readers feel willfully uncomfortable, unwillfully human, and potentially insane.
Review: Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be Alright by Ukamaka Olisakwe
Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right, digs out a range of emotions—rage, expectation, admiration, admonition—which keep the reader turning page after page.
Au Revoir, Gopher
I turn and face Bill Murray. You, I say. You leave in the morning. Bill Murray looks at me as if I’m beyond saving.