Fiction

Enacting Africa

Fiction by EC Osondu December 26, 2018

“Jambo!” my client greeted me, over-cheerfully. “Jambo!” I hailed back, slightly accentuating the pitch of my voice to match his high-octane enthusiasm.

AfricaArts & CultureClassWork & Money

Review

Always On

By Kyle Paoletta December 18, 2018

A. S. Hamrah's film criticism is a welcome corrective in an outmoded field.

Arts & Culture

Review

Carrie Mae Weems on a Century of American Violence

By Laura Feinstein December 3, 2018

The artist and multimedia storyteller has created a haunting installation for the Cornell Council of the Arts’ 2018 Biennale.

Arts & Culture

Interview

A.J. Jacobs: Gratitude and the Global Supply Chain

By Phineas Lambert November 20, 2018

A writer's quest to thank everyone involved in the production of his morning coffee took him on a journey through the benefits of mental positivity and the complexities of global commerce.

Arts & Culture

Essay

Listening for Ghost-Voices

By Anita Roy November 9, 2018

A novel borne out of an earthquake, a departed friend, and a translation from which lost voices rise.

Arts & CultureGenderSex

Interview

Idra Novey: Silence Is Complicity

By Mickie Meinhardt November 7, 2018

The novelist, poet, and translator on the responsibilities we hold, the consequences of silence, and writing cross-genre.

Arts & Culture

Interview

Heather Havrilesky: Digging for Something Real

By Mickie Meinhardt November 1, 2018

The author of “What If This Were Enough?” on honest writing, raising kids with social media, and the growing pains of a constantly-wired culture.

Arts & Culture

Commentary

(How to) Suffer Well: Depression Sitting Still

By Sihan Tan October 24, 2018

Is the act of enduring hardship a virtue, or just an exercise in malaise?

Arts & CultureAsia & Oceania

Fiction

Destroy All Monsters

Fiction by Jeff Jackson October 8, 2018

She likes how he listens, likes the easy cadence of their conversation. Despite herself, she moves a little closer, intrigued by his faint aroma of spicy cologne and sour sweat. It’s not a bad smell.

Arts & Culture

Review

A Deliberately Wonky Sense of Morality

By Michele Moses October 5, 2018

On Andrew Martin’s debut novel, Early Work.

Arts & CultureLit World

Interview

Miscellaneous Files: Olivia Laing

By Mary Wang October 4, 2018

In the first installment of our multimedia interview series, Olivia Laing uses screenshots to explain how the secretarial parts of writing can be both pleasurable and productive.

Miscellaneous Files Arts & CultureLit World