Articles of Note

Why do we use categories — fantasy, literary, gothic — to describe novels? Tim Parks proposes a new taxonomy... more »

New Books

From Knausgaard to Lerner to Heti, we’re plagued by goodness — as if readers were scandalized by immoral characters in fiction... more »

Essays & Opinions

László Földényi leads an assault on rationalism. In his prosecutorial zeal, is he missing the bigger picture?... more »