Editor Thomas Mar Wee reviews Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts. In the opening pages of Fake Accounts, the recent debut novel by Lauren Oyler, who is…
Like a tune you just can’t shake: Larissa Pham’s Pop Song
Editor Sofia Montrone reviews Larissa Pham’s Pop Song: Adventures in Art & Intimacy In the silence, in the dark, Larissa Pham hears something shift. First…
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The Earliest Witnesses by G. C. Waldrep Can we touch the gods? What does the body feel when language fabricates transparency? How do we perceive…
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Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri Whereabouts sees the incomparable Jhumpa Lahiri turn her talents to the interior world. The episodic novel follows the wanderings of an…
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The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen “Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.” So begins the second chapter of Childhood, the…
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Three Brothers by Yan Lianke Yan Lianke’s work Three Brothers, translated by Carlos Rojas, is a tour-de-force of language and reflection. Ostensibly a memoir, Three…
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Memorial by Bryan Washington Bryan Washington exploded onto the literary scene in 2019. His debut short story collection Lot garnered both critical and popular attention,…
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The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places opens with a life in turmoil. T. Kingfisher introduces us to her protagonist, Kara (also known…
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Must I Go by Yiyun Li Lilia, an 81-year-old mother of five, grandmother of seventeen, and widow of three, is the anchor of Yiyun Li’s…