Historical Fiction’s Shipwrecks, Magical Objects, and the Marginalized
Historical fiction as diverse as Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account and teen TV show Outer Banks bring real stories of shipwrecks, magical objects, and the marginalized to life.
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Susan Choi’s ‘Trust Exercise’ Demands the Reader’s Restraint
Does the experience of reading Susan Choi's Trust Exercise leave us with anything but frustration? Is it all tease and no release?
Webs of Deception and Allusion Thread Together to Make ‘Pretty Little Liars’
With its constant nods to the work of Lynch and Hitchcock, Pretty Little Liars conjures a world of allusions where truth is always uncertain.