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Literary Fiction

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Fic­tion
Ways to Disappear
Idra Novey
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Fic­tion
As Close to Us as Breathing
Eliz­a­beth Poliner
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Fic­tion
The Tum­bling Turn­er Sisters
Juli­ette Fay
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Fic­tion
Juden­staat
Simone Zelitch
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Fic­tion
Albi­na and the Dog-Men
Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Fic­tion
The Vel­vet Hours
Alyson Rich­man
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Fic­tion
Leave Me
Gayle For­man
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Fic­tion
A Life Twice Given
David Daniel
Excerpt

Mort, May 1947

Excerpt­ed from The Two-Fam­i­ly House by Lyn­da Cohen LoigmanThe domes­tic, fem­i­nine scene unfold­ing before Mort did noth­ing to improve his spir­its. Upstairs, in his…
Lyn­da Cohen Loigman
April 26, 2016
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Fic­tion
And After the Fire
Lau­ren Belfer
Excerpt

Seat­ing Arrangements

Excerpt­ed from The Din­ner Par­ty: A Nov­el by Bren­da JanowitzSylvia left the most dif­fi­cult thing until the end. She had a habit of doing that — leav­ing things…
Bren­da Janowitz
March 31, 2016
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Gorsky
Vesna Goldsworthy
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Fic­tion
Tasa’s Song: A Novel
Lin­da Kass
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Fic­tion
Pro­tect­ing Paige
Deby Eisen­berg
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Fic­tion
Shy­lock Is My Name
Howard Jacob­son
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Inter­view: Rebec­ca Dinerstein

Nat Bern­stein
November 20, 2015
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