popular fiction

In “Medium Rare,” A. Natasha Joukovsky Brings Greek Myth to March Madness
An Appetite for Body Horror and Dark Humor in Olivie Blake’s Girl Dinner
Life Beneath the Lens in Brandon Taylor’s “Minor Black Figures”
The Year of Viral Grieving in “What a Time to Be Alive”
Dark and Doomed Friendships in Penny Zang’s “Doll Parts”
The Hope of Obsession: Stephanie Wambugu’s Lonely Crowds
Capturing the Toxic Workplace in “Work Nights” by Erica Peplin
Wartime Realism Prevails in Adam Kovac’s The Surge