8 Campus Novels Set in Grad School
These protagonists come of age and lurk in libraries while pursuing degrees
These protagonists come of age and lurk in libraries while pursuing degrees
Irina Zhorov, author of "Lost Believers," recommends stories by Soviet-born authors that reckon with the complicated legacy of the U.S.S.R.
Pankaj Mishra's novel "Run and Hide" depicts the relentless drive for self-advancement in the new India
David Santos Donaldson, author of "Greenland" recommends stories about outsiders finding identity and belonging in a new country
"In the Kitchen with Miss Piggy" is a much-needed balm of radical self-acceptance
Nothing binds and blinds us the way our families can
The author on the unifying experience of reading Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" during an uncertain time
I was raised to see English as more ambitious and educated than Hindi—but now I struggle with the weight of its legacy
A new short story by Pauline Melville, recommended by Electric Literature
The spouses and supporters of Virginia Woolf, Leo Tolstoy, and other literary minds