Cotler channels classic poets to imbue his narrative with fluid sound and rhythm. T. Zachary Cotler illuminates the beautiful, disturbed mind of a fictional poet in his... Read More

The town of Bittersmith, Wyoming, is rarely the scene of a murder, but on a winter day in 1972, with a blizzard moving in, the sheriff takes the call from a farmer’s wife, who... Read More

To whom do tragedies belong? Griffin Hansbury’s debut novel introduces us to Jonah Soloway, a lonely New York copy editor who is haunted by lost moments and missed... Read More

I know! Let’s write a novel about nothing! Nothing? Nothin’. Zilch. Bupkis. If that sounds familiar, it is. As fans of Seinfeld can attest, it’s a great setup—as long as... Read More

In an article about writer-director Kevin Smith for The New Yorker, Tad Friend found himself resorting to code. Each time Smith referenced an intimate body part during his... Read More