The Psychic Toll of Class Mobility
Domenico Starnone explores the cost of familial estrangement.
Book Review
When Domestic Life Is Like a Horror Story
An astonishing new novel captures the dichotomy at the heart of housework.
The Juicy Secrets of Everyday Life
Eileen Chang’s slyly observant essays about day-to-day realities double as a manual for surviving history.
The Fundamental Paradox of Latinidad
In his new book, Héctor Tobar tries to pin down an inherently slippery concept.
What’s So Funny About Dying?
Death is everywhere in Lorrie Moore’s strange new novel, and so is the author’s trademark jokiness.
Women Aren’t Just Small Men
We’re living in an age of “period positivity.” That’s not enough.
Inside Frank Bascombe’s Head, Again
Richard Ford’s hero is back.
The Novelist Who Truly Understood the South
A new collection of Charles Portis’s work makes the case for his place in the American canon.
The Indignity of Grocery Shopping
In her latest work to be translated into English, Annie Ernaux examines the malaise of the modern supermarket.
Chain-Gang All-Stars Is Gladiator Meets the American Prison System
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s new novel is set in a world where extreme brutality has become corporate entertainment.