The Knotty Problem of Race in Three New German Novels
Debut novels by Sharon Dodua Otoo, Mithu Sanyal, and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah explore the problematic terrain of race in German literary culture....
How to Be a Medieval Woman: On Mary Sharratt’s “Revelations”
Mary Sharratt’s historical novel about Margery Kempe is engaging but marred by anachronism....
Prisoners of the Page: On Myron Brinig’s “The Flutter of an Eyelid”
Woody Haut wanders into the apocalyptic world of “The Flutter of an Eyelid,” a satirical novel by Myron Brinig from 1933, republished last year....
The So-Called Greatest Country in the World
A hilarious satire about a mail-order-bride service, a stolen Egon Schiele painting, and an epic collision between the worlds of Santa Barbara and Moldova....
The Ongoing Nakba and the Grammar of History
Shir Alon considers what Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail" and the work of Saidiya Hartman share....
Before “Migrant Mother”
A novel of Dorothea Lange’s formative years in San Francisco, before she went on the road....
Gardens in a War Zone: A Conversation with Gian Sardar
Gian Sardar discusses her new novel about Kurdish American immigrants, “Take What You Can Carry.”...
The Wealth of an Intimate History: On Wendell Berry’s “Stand By Me”
Wendell Berry’s lifelong ruminations on the theme of human community culminate in his story collection, “Stand By Me.”...
Homemaking: On Olivia Sudjic’s “Asylum Road”
Ariel Saramandi reviews “Asylum Road” by Olivia Sudjic....
Secondhand Desire: On Sanjena Sathian’s “Gold Diggers”
Sanjena Sathian’s new novel is a sharp satire of second-generation Indian American strivers....
Building Lives on Sand: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “Family” and “Borghesia”
Lynne Sharon Schwartz reflects on meeting Natalia Ginzburg, maintaining a life-long relationship to her work, and reading “Family” and “Borghesia” in translation....
Gentrifi(Kink)tion: Sex Writing Goes Literary, Again
Daniel Felsenthal on the presumptions and missed opportunities of “Kink.”...
