The Comic Queen of Metafiction
Gunnhild Øyehaug talks about her twisted new collection of short stories
Justice, Arrested
Joanna Schwartz on the difficulty of holding the police accountable
Past is Present
Marie Arana on how violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future
The Promised Land of the Pampas
Javier Sinay on the forgotten history of the first Jewish immigrants in Argentina
Medieval Madams
Eleanor Janega on the overlooked lives of ordinary women
The Sensual Sargent
Paul Fisher on the restless life of an American great
Lost in Smog
Darren Byler on translating the fiction of Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun
Santa’s Slay Bells
Kier-La Janisse on holiday slashers and other ghost tales for Christmas
By Land and By Sea
Dorthe Nors brings us to the North Sea Coast
Girl Troubles
Michelle Gallen talks about her new novel, Ireland in the 1990s, and finding your way in a bombed-out town