Changes, Reversals, and "America's Pastime"
A review of Emily Nemens’s debut novel “The Cactus League.”
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“I Hate that Word: Closure”
A review of the novel “Find Me,” by André Aciman.
The Language Of A Moment
A review of “Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright.”
‘The Third Hotel’ Is an Otherworldly Force Unto Itself
Laura van den Berg’s brilliant new novel, The Third Hotel, is a quasi-supernatural tale of loss and grief, told withContinue Reading
‘Early Work’ Is a Stunning Debut About Aspiring Writers
The hallmark of Andrew Martin’s first novel is the language: pitch-perfect and confident.
Coming of Age With a Dog Named Marianne Moore
Jon Pineda on the emotional and geographical landscapes in fiction.
Why Lindsay Hunter Wrote This Novel Instead of One About Witches
The author of ‘Eat Only When You’re Hungry’ on writing, Chicago, and her unconventional publisher.
Stork Mountain Excavates Balkan History and Myth
At first glance, Stork Mountain sounds like a typical, coming-of-age immigrant narrative, when a young Bulgarian in America returns to his homeland to escape student loan debt. But Miroslav Penkov—author of the acclaimed short story collection, East of the West—uses classic narrative forms as a springboard for a dark, dreamlike debut novel steeped in Balkan history and legend.
