The wonders of the ocean and the terrors of A.I. meet in Richard Powers’s new novel, which considers the future of an environmentally challenged Polynesian island.
In her nifty “Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close,” Hannah Carlson unbuttons the politics behind who gets to hide their belongings, and where.
“Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other,” the author’s new collection, ranges from a playful one-act drama set in a lake to short fiction rife with apocalyptic anxiety.