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Origin Story: Tony Tulathimutte’s Private Citizens

ByDavid Busis

Tony Tulathimutte’s debut novel, Private Citizens, charts the spectacular floundering of four recent college graduates. His eye is so sharp, his characters so recognizable, and his truth so pitiless that I sometimes had to close the book, as if he might read my soul through its pages. This is one of the most provocatively intelligent…

59th Street Bridge Seen From the East Side Drive Manhattan

The Millennial-Gen X Rift Part II: the MFA System And A Digital Latina/o Literary Renaissance

ByDaniel Peña

Hector Tobar wouldn’t be the first to speculate about a contemporary Latina/o literary renaissance. That hype has been around for a long, long while. It surrounded the work of Gen X Latina/o writers beginning to publish in the mid to late 90’s and early 2000’s of which Junot Diaz is the most notable. The same…