Fiction

The genre can shed light on less-acknowledged truths—it can also whitewash historical facts.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

We know literary fiction can make us more empathetic. Can it also be used to raise geopolitical awareness?

Behind the scenes at the only recurring academic event devoted to J.K. Rowling's beloved novels.

Seventy-five years after its first publication date, The Grapes of Wrath is still a staple in most American classrooms. Is that because we haven’t yet written anything that does a better job of portraying the devastation of not having enough?

New research finds a compelling narrative can help us sidestep stereotypes.

Silo Saga and Peace in Amber author Hugh Howey talks about Amazon's revolutionary new imprint, and fan fiction's rapidly shifting landscape.

In Chicago, high school students went searching for an imaginary girl's father. After a while, they started looking for the real one.

New research finds people who read romantic fiction are good at picking up subtle facial clues revealing a person’s emotional state.

The curious case of the “inverse CSI effect.”

New Canadian research finds reading a literary short story increases one’s comfort with ambiguity.