
A Formative Loss
In her novel The Furrows, Namwali Serpell’s pyrotechnics convey the madness, repetition, disruption, and shock of grief.
The Furrows
by Namwali Serpell
April 20, 2023 issue
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A Formative Loss
In her novel The Furrows, Namwali Serpell’s pyrotechnics convey the madness, repetition, disruption, and shock of grief.
The Furrows
by Namwali Serpell
April 20, 2023 issue
Diary of an Adducer
Elif Batuman’s Either/Or is faithful to the experience of growing up; whether we want fiction to depict reality accurately is a separate matter.
Either/Or
by Elif Batuman
July 21, 2022 issue
Return of the Nameless Man
The wit and exuberance of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer and its sequel, The Committed, entice the reader to reflect on colonialism, war, and racism.
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Committed
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
May 13, 2021 issue
The Element of Surprise
Lorrie Moore’s ‘Collected Stories’
Collected Stories
by Lorrie Moore, with an introduction by Lauren Groff
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