“A Restless Sensibility”: Marcus Pactor Talks to John Domini, Author of THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A GOOD RAGÙ

John Domini’s latest book, The Archeology of a Good Ragù: Discovering Naples, My Father, and Myself, marks his first venture … More

“The Threatening Clarities That a Sentence Can Occasion”: Marcus Pactor Interviews Garielle Lutz, Author of WORSTED

Before I conducted the following interview with Garielle Lutz, I knew what all of her readers have long known: she … More

Christian TeBordo’s Ghost Engine has everything I always want from a short story collection. These pieces are darkly humorous, formally … More

Jinnwoo’s Little Hollywood is an inventive, fun, and depressing collection of stories. Each short piece—none is longer than four pages—is … More

Lydia Davis requires little introduction. She is well known for her innovative short fiction, her lone novel, and her many … More

Holden Caulfield still irritates me, though I have not read The Catcher in the Rye since before the century’s turn. … More

MY COUSIN AND I ONCE fished under an interstate where a bent leg of swamp lay exposed and easy to … More

—after Blake Butler THE CAKE REMINDED ME OF the twins’ wet sludge food. I could never shovel it well enough … More