If you’ve ever perused the nail polish section of your local drugstore, you’ve surely noticed some of the bizarre names of the colors. (“My Silicone Popped”? “Ants In My Pants”?) And sure, that’s amusing, but where are all the literary colors? Here are some we hope to see in nail salons everywhere. The Lovely Bones […]
Curtis Sittenfeld’s latest, Sisterland, follows a pair of twin psychics whose joint prediction of a coming earthquake has life-changing results—but it’s equally invested in the more universal experience of sisterhood, and the ordinary magic of family ties. Sittenfeld isn’t the only one blurring the lines between literary and genre fiction: supernatural elements add a depth charge […]