Terms like “heat dome” and “atmospheric river,” once the province of scientific journals, have entered the vocabularies of everyday Americans contending with extreme weather events. Meanwhile, a ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Solomonik probes trans identity in this provocative debut collection. The narrator of the title story, a college graduate who “always hated” the “realistic” and plotless fiction he was assigned in ...