Books & Fiction: Joy Williams Does Not Write for Humanity

Plus: a novel set entirely in Slack, and new poetry by Hala Alyan and Jorie Graham. View in browser | Update your preferences Books Joy Williams Does Not Write for Humanity In a new novel, the author’s dark, surprising language mourns for the world we’ve demolished. By Katy Waldman Page-Turner Reading a Novel Set Entirely in Slack In “Several People Are Typing,” Calvin Kasulke takes office agony to its outer limits. By Katy Waldman Books Briefly Noted “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,” “Savage Tongues,” “Three Girls from Bronzeville,” and “Home, Land, Security.” The Writer’s Voice The Writer’s Voice: Fiction from the Magazine Esther Freud Reads “Desire” The author reads her story from the latest issue of the magazine. On This Day The Talk of the Town William Faulkner at Home William Faulkner was born on this day in 1897. Revisit this 1931 Talk of the Town story about the Southern novelist, his near-death experience in the Canadian Air Force, and the writing life in his home town of Oxford, Mississippi. By Charles Cooke and Harold Ross Poetry Poems “Half-Life in Exile” “I’m forever living between Aprils.” By Hala Alyan Poems “I” “Led / astray I say I / know myself more / fully now.” By Jorie Graham More from The New Yorker Onward and Upward with the Arts Richard Neutra’s Architectural Vanishing Act The Austrian-born designer perfected a signature Los Angeles look: houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside. By Alex Ross Double Take The New Yorker Writers and Editors Who Inspired “The French Dispatch” Wes Anderson based the fictional magazine in his latest film on a certain real-life periodical. The New Yorker’s archive editor considers the resemblance. By Erin Overbey You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for Books & Fiction from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.