
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
In his novel, 40, Alan Heathcock evokes an America gone off the rails.
Aug 22, 2022

Past Is Prologue
Jess Walter’s collection The Angel of Rome moves back and forth in time.
Jul 4, 2022

All in the Family
In Tell Me How to Be, Neel Patel tracks the distance between a mother and a son.
Dec 27, 2021

Crime and Punishment
Percival Everett’s The Trees is a masterful allegory about America and race.
Sep 20, 2021

Greek to Me
In Rude Talk in Athens, Mark Haskell Smith looks to the ancient roots of comedy.
Aug 16, 2021

When in Doubt
In her first novel, The Scapegoat, Sara Davis breaks the rules.
May 3, 2021

Apocalypse Now
In A Children’s Bible, Lydia Millet imagines the end of the world.
May 7, 2020

Anna Dorn’s Quintessentially Californian Saga
In Vagablonde, her debut novel, the author tracks a fantasy life gone off the rails.
Mar 19, 2020
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