Ling Ma

must reads Sept. 5, 2022

7 New Books You Should Read This SeptemberClarice Lispector’s unpredictable newspaper columns, behind the scenes with Stokely Carmichael, tension and eroticism from Sandra Cisneros, and more.

By J. Howard Rosier

coronavirus Mar. 18, 2020

Severance Predicted the Slow-Burn Performance of Our PandemicLike Ling Ma’s protagonist, we haven’t been shot out of a cannon and into a new world. We’re watching it unfold like a digitally broadcast picaresque.

By Hillary Kelly

kids these days Apr. 11, 2019

Sally Rooney’s Politics of Millennial ResignationWhy do critics so love the Normal People author? Maybe because her characters accept the status quo.

By Cody Delistraty

class is in session Sept. 17, 2018

Welcome to Vulture’s First Spoiler Book Club: Severance by Ling Ma“This whole book was my favorite ‘Why I Left New York’ essay of all time.”

By BORIS KACHKA

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