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Ottessa Moshfegh

endings Dec. 11, 2023

Eileen’s Book-to-Movie Differences Turn Its Queer Subtext Into TextWe parsed through the many subtle differences between Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel and its new Anne Hathaway–starring adaptation.

By Katie Rife
movie review Dec. 8, 2023

The Seductive Eileen Flirts With DisasterAnne Hathaway goes Hitchcock blonde and Thomasin McKenzie is deceptively mousy, but the real MVP of this Ottessa Moshfegh is Marin Ireland.

By Alison Willmore

trailer mix Oct. 6, 2022

Jennifer Lawrence’s Rest and Relaxation Is Over in CausewayBrian Tyree Henry co-stars in the A24 drama co-written by Ottessa Moshfegh.

By Zoe Guy
book review June 16, 2022

Ottessa Moshfegh Is Praying for UsThe author has been hailed as a high priestess of filth. Really, she wants to purify her readers.

By Andrea Long Chu
smell-o-fiction Mar. 19, 2019

Let’s Celebrate the Stinky Heroines of Repulsive Realist FictionThe New Me and other novels fight vlogger perfectionism with a refreshing dose of the gross.

By Hillary Kelly
further reading Nov. 1, 2018

The Many Books That Inspired Jonathan Lethem’s The Feral DetectiveChandler, of course, but also Philip Pullman, Dawn Powell, Richard Brautigan, and Virginia Woolf’s biography of a dog.

By Jonathan Lethem
one grand books July 12, 2018

Ottessa Moshfegh’s 10 Favorite BooksBill Clegg, Jean Stein, Mark Baumer, and more.

By Ottessa Moshfegh
Feb. 10, 2017

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Book Homesick for Another World Revels in Flawed CharactersHer short-story collection Homesick for Another World draws you in by highlighting humankind’s grotesqueness.

By Christian Lorentzen
man booker prize Sept. 13, 2016

Here’s the 2016 Man Booker Prize Short ListIncluding The Sellout and Hot Milk.

By Dee Lockett
year in culture 2015 Dec. 8, 2015

The 10 Best Books of 2015Where will Ta-Nehisi Coates take us next?

By Christian Lorentzen