Your Presence Is Mandatory: A Novel
By Sasha Vasilyuk
A Ukrainian-Jewish POW endures endless misery in this bleak WWII tale.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are April’s winners.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
By Oskar Jensen
Britain’s benighted scalawags had more agency than you thought.
Look what’s happening at the 2024 Washington Writers Conference!
The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel
By Jennifer Croft
Translators attempt to find a missing author — and their own senses of self.
The novelist talks hero journeys, Hopi myth, and ayahuasca’s role in self-discovery.
Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By Cynthia Carr
A timely, tragic portrait of a transgender actress whose ambition couldn’t overcome discrimination.
The Blazing World
By Jonathan Healey
A sweeping account of an especially volatile British era.
Ringmaster
By Abraham Josephine Riesman
Did the wrestling mastermind really destroy politics in the U.S.?
