Tom Wolfe’s first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, was published in 1987 to widespread critical and popular acclaim. Only days after its release, the dizzying pace and boundless decadence of 1980s Wall Street so enjoyed by the novel’s protagonist,… Read More ›
Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone revolves around the tragic suicide of a daughter of a San Francisco Chinatown family and the personal, cultural, and social questions this event forces the characters to negotiate. Leila Leong, Mah’s daughter from her first marriage,… Read More ›
Upon its publication, Blu’s Hanging met with immediate critical acclaim. Critics considered the book “powerful,” “brilliant,” and “mesmerizing.” But when Blu’s Hanging was chosen as the Best Book of Asian American fiction of the year by a panel of judges… Read More ›
Blood Meridian is nightmarish, yet so hypnotically written, displaying such a wild and profound command of the language that the critic Harold Bloom, among others, has declared it one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, and perhaps the… Read More ›
Call for PapersLiterariness JournalVol. 1, Issue 3 (June 2026) We invite original research papers for the second issue of Literariness Journal. The theme list includes a broad range of contemporary topics in literature and cultural studies. Themes * Monster theory,… Read More ›
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