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This Week in Fiction

Sigrid Nunez on Beginning with Ambiguity

The author discusses her story “Greensleeves.”

Yiyun Li on Writing from the Height or from the Depth of Experience

The author discusses her story “The Particles of Order.”

Akhil Sharma on Growing Up in an Indian Immigrant Community

The author discusses his story “The Narayans.”

Caleb Crain on Whether Violence Always Wins

The author discusses his story “Clay.”

Nell Freudenberger on Reckoning with a Family Dynamic

The author discusses her story “Attila.”

Sarah Braunstein on How Much Comfort Is Enough

The author discusses her story “Abject Naturalism.”

Ayşegül Savaş on Individuality, Agency, and Ideas of Home

The author discusses her story “Freedom to Move.”

Sally Rooney on Characters Who Arrive Preëntangled and Her Forthcoming Novel

The author discusses her story “Opening Theory.”

A Newly Discovered Story by E. L. Doctorow

A conversation with Bruce Weber, the author of a biography in progress of E. L. Doctorow.

Haruki Murakami on Raising Questions

The author discusses his story “Kaho.”