I first met Sarah Wang at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. She was fresh from Convent Arts—a residency at a one-time seaside retreat for nuns—and I couldn’t help but try to reconcile her grown up c...

A conversation with Rachel León, editor of "The Rockford Anthology"

A daughter uncovers her father’s inner life through his fiction.

A conversation with Yiming Ma on his debut novel, "These Memories Do Not Belong to Us"

Writer Morgan Jerkins joins writer Stephen Bell for a conversation.

Jamaica Kincaid knew only one artist could capture the mischievous spirit of her new children’s book. So she cold-emailed Kara Walker, with delicious results.

Doom is so thoroughly the vibe right now that a climate novel hardly seems an appropriate place to seek hope, but Gabrielle Korn’s The Shutouts peers down the dark tunnel of our unsettling present and...

Stephen Patrick Bell interviews Édouard Louis about his new book “Change.”...

I want my readers to get whatever comes to their hearts and minds as they read the novel.

Dr. Amina Gautier discusses her short story collection "The Best That You Can Do," binge writing, and looking back at the white gaze

Our interview with Christina Cooke about her new novel, “Broughtupsy.”

Justin Torres’ stunningly ambitious sophomore outing Blackouts does the tricky work of functioning as more than a novel. The book is an artifact documenting the life and work of queer activist Jan G...

"I do think literature abuses children a little," says Yiyun Li, who spoke to us about editing, translation, cover art, and her new story collection, "Wednesday's Child."

Dior Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL is a meticulously arranged series of poems that contrasts playful lightness with the heavy weight of racial conflict and tension in a form that is both startling and famili...

An interview with Maya Binyam about her new book, “Hangman.”