Incompetent Encapsulations

Hernan Diaz and Barbara Kingsolver, who shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, are back this week with new novels.

What I have in common with Haruki Murakami, or Lessons from "Abandoning a Cat"

Everyone says it’s harder to leave. But it’s much harder to stay.

A concurrent reading of "Cranford" and "Scenes of Clerical Life"

Addressing Gen Z complaints about Elizabeth Strout’s Booker Prize contender

Michelle de Kretser Looks for New Forms But Elif Batuman Has Already Been There