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Autofiction
March 22, 2022
Magazine
Adam Kirsch
Sheila Heti Steps Away From Autofiction
Her new novel “Pure Colour” investigates the eternal.
June 30, 2021
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
The Rise of the Very Online Novel
It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.
February 11, 2021
Critical Mass
Scott W. Stern
Lauren Oyler Is a Tough Critic of Contemporary Fiction. Can Her Novel Do Better?
On “Fake Accounts” and the problems of millennial fiction
October 27, 2020
Critical Mass
Tope Folarin
Can a Black Novelist Write Autofiction?
Why the hottest literary trend of the last decade is so blindingly white
October 22, 2020
Critical Mass
Jo Livingstone
Martin Amis, the Accidental Memoirist
His new book, “Inside Story,” reveals his greatest strengths as a writer—though he seems to be unaware of them himself.
February 20, 2020
Magazine
Lauren Oyler
Rachel Cusk Questions Everything
When her memoirs attracted moral outrage—and got her sued—she found a new way to frame stories.
September 20, 2019
Magazine
Rumaan Alam
The MAGA Plot
In a subtle new work of autofiction, Ben Lerner takes on Trumpism.
March 1, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Freshwater
: A Coming-of-Age Story Containing Multitudes
The protagonist of Akwaeke Emezi's autofiction is a font of different voices, some of whom hail from the spirit world.
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