PicnicAn excerpt from Weather, a new novel about climate dread from the author of Dept. of Speculation.
ByJenny Offill
fiction
Greta and the Baby“Things would be different for her daughter, she decided. She would tell her something more like the truth.”
ByKate Ristow
fiction
Lionesses“My mother-in-law is staying on our couch, indefinitely, because she’s sick, but also, she lost her house two weeks ago.”
ByLynn Steger Strong
fiction
Red at the BoneIn this excerpt from Jacqueline Woodson’s new novel, a teenage daughter reckons with her mother’s past.
ByJacqueline Woodson
fiction
‘On Account of the Beast’In this excerpt from Téa Obreht’s new novel, Inland, a frontierswoman awaits the return of her husband.
ByTéa Obreht
fiction
Discriminating PeopleHelen picked the Badlands for their honeymoon because her first fiancé once told her it was like camping on Mars. But she didn’t tell Jeremy that.
ByMaud Streep
fiction
‘All This, After a Lifetime Bet on One Woman’In an excerpt from Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, a woman struggling with middle age observes her recently divorced friend.
ByTaffy Brodesser-Akner
fiction
Future CatMaggie found a way to make time go forward. But what she really wanted was a way to look back.
ByXuan Juliana Wang
fiction
Day of RestSarah wanted her faith pristine enough to warrant a test. Then she met Jacob.
