A Mother-Daughter Novel That Transforms the Western
Kathleen Boland’s “Scavengers” is a madcap adventure probing questions of reinvention, the wilderness, and the stories we tell ourselves
A champion of charm and deceit is crowned
As EL’s incoming Director of Operations and Fiction Editor, I want to talk about the numbers that matter most
These characters look to their sisters and brothers with envy and uncertainty, seeking clues as to who they should be
BOMB Magazine Founder Betsy Sussler talks Aristophanes, Faulkner, and the enigmatic presence of the American South in "Station of the Birds"
Before my daughter’s surgery, I wanted to make the right choice
Blooms of color evoke the polyphony of experiences that accompany motherhood
“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell
These books consider the web of inspiration and creativity that refracts in writers from artistic homes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author on leaving the door open and writing toward a sense of inevitability
An excerpt from MOUNT VERITY by Therese Bohman, translated and recommended by Marlaine Delargy
The millennials in Andrew Martin's "Down Time" spend COVID lockdown preoccupied with interpersonal nightmares
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