Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Nick Drnaso's quiet and haunting "Sabrina."
A Quiet Pulsing Dread: Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina
Literature
Living in Bowie’s World
Isabel Torrealba considers Bowie as magical realist.
Return to Enigma
Greg Gerke discusses the 1987 novel by V. S. Naipaul "The Enigma of Arrival."
The Drone and the Tunnel: How We Read Indigenous Stories Matters
Callum Angus considers the narrative strategies of two recent books, "Darwin's Ghosts" by Ariel Dorfman and Tommy Orange's "There There."
The Mars Room: A Maximalist Portrait of the California Prison System
Louise McCune reviews Rachel Kushner's compassionate, complex novel "The Mars Room."
The Trick Is There Is No Trick: Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Tessa Fontaine's memoir of resilience and discovery "The Electric Woman."
An Invisible Violence: A Conversation with Leïla Slimani
Rebecca Schultz interviews Leïla Slimani about her latest novel "The Perfect Nanny."
Tom Wolfe’s Fictions
Abby Aguirre reflects on Tom Wolfe's legacy in her hometown of La Jolla.
Francesca Lia Block: Turning Pain into Magic
Mary Pauline Lowry revels in "The Thorn Necklace" by Francesca Lia Block.
Go Slowly: A Conversation with Hilary Plum and Andrea Lawlor
Hilary Plum and Andrea Lawlor discuss their recent novels, writing both poetry and prose, and how time and memory influence their work.
