Celeste Ng Archive
Artists on the Outskirts in Olive Kitteridge and Little Fires Everywhere
As Angie pities Simon, Mia pities Elena. This is one of the roles, it seems, of the artist pitied by a conventional community: to voice the truth about people, the mistakes they won’t admit to themselves.
Must Reads for Fall
The weather is turning, and books—as always—will bring us steadily through to the end of the year. Here are our choices for this fall's best reads.
Review: LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
The novel opens with Elena Richardson watching her home burn down, and readers backtrack the circumstances leading to an act of arson.
Speaking for Everyone, Speaking for No One: The Question of (APIA) Canonicity
The Western canon has no objective nomination process, which is why it is both axiomatic and controversial. But why have APIA voices been erased from the so-called “Great Books” for so long, and how should APIA writers respond to this longstanding erasure?
Writing Trauma: Notes of Transcendence, #2–The Book as Companion
Examining painful truths, I left behind the stories. I developed an aversion to reading. When I picked up a book, it was as if my brain closed a door. How could I, a writer and an English professor, no longer have a desire to read?