Sometimes Baffling, Sometimes Sublime: Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour
The author sets out to process the loss of a father—and ends up reimagining the universe
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A Small Press Finds Success by Refusing to Ignore the World
How taking risks has helped a Quebec publisher stand out against the pervasive whiteness of the industry
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Bad Company: A New Novel Strips Away the Veneer of Progressive Rhetoric
Naben Ruthnum takes on diversity charades, token promotions, and the social justice facades of corporations
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Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory
What does it mean to navigate the fact that it took a Black person’s death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?
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The Year of Witch Lit: Weird Women Dominated New Stories of Suspicion and Rupture
Three novels about confusion, distrust, and fear mirror our pandemic moment
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The New Pamphleteers: Why One Publisher Is Betting on Short Books with Big Ideas
Biblioasis’s new series tries to incite debate and fill a hole in the publishing landscape
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The Shadow Land: Indigenous Memoirs and the Question of “Trauma Porn”
The term has emerged as an insidious charge. How should we approach painful stories?
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From the Arctic to Brazil: The Deep Roots of Islam in the Americas
A new book shows how Muslim communities make up a complex, vital part of Western society
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Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Human Experience? Author Marie-Claire Blais Says Yes
In her new novel, Songs for Angel, Blais proves that the twenty-first-century heir to modernism is a francophone octogenarian living in Florida
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