Nathaniel Rich

Nathaniel Rich’s new novel is Odds Against Tomorrow; he is also the author of The Mayor's Tongue. He lives in New Orleans. Follow @nathanielrich on Twitter.

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Mean Streets

Paul Beatty's Uncomfortable Race Novel

In a blistering satire wherein segregation is reintroduced in a small California town, novelist Paul Beatty takes aim at just about everyone in America.

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Catwalk

Fiction’s Anti-Karlie Kloss

Mary Gaitskill’s novel about a stunning and cruel supermodel would be unrecognizable to the cookie-baking hyper-friendly #girlsquads of today.

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GLORY DAY

When Frank Bascombe Had It Best

In Independence Day, the Everyman hero of of Richard Ford’s series glides along as his own revolution is surrendered.

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1985

How DeLillo Nailed Us in ‘White Noise’

A critical hit when it was published, this novel of a toxic America full of people poisoned by reality has achieved the status of unquestioned literary classic.

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Anarchy in the USA

The World’s Dirtiest Eco-Fighters

Edward Abbey’s madcap Monkey Wrench Gang inspired the likes of Earth First!—and the incoherent motives of both radical groups led to pretty much nothing.

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Paul Beatty's Uncomfortable Race Novel

Fiction’s Anti-Karlie Kloss

When Frank Bascombe Had It Best

How DeLillo Nailed Us in ‘White Noise’

The World’s Dirtiest Eco-Fighters

Philip K. Dick Was Into Mind Control

How Nabokov Trolled '50's America

How Chester Himes Invented Noir

William Faulkner’s Tragic Air Circus

How Joyce and Faulkner Fell For a Blonde