Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice

by Lisa Peet

“It was such a transformative thing for me, making the point that you get a different set of words and holy shit, your perceptions just turn inside out.” Continue reading →

Q&A With Ronna Wineberg

We interviewed relatives…. The discussions were lively; people disagreed about what had happened in the past. My great-grandfather had been murdered in Russia. My great uncle, a man in his late 60s, described the murder to us and as he did, he cried. That moment stayed with me. Continue reading →

I’m Out Here by Myself: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones

by Edward Porter

This democracy of narrative importance makes The Known World a favorite in the academy . . . [W]hat’s more, the novel’s egalitarian agenda extends to the worst of its characters as well as the best—it levels in both directions. Continue reading →

Blooming Around The World: Five Non-English Litterateurs

by Juhi Karan

World literature is awash in writers who find their voice in their own good time. Here we bring to you five such authors, whose work comes to English speakers via translation. Continue reading →