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Novel: A Forum on Fiction is now soliciting submissions for volume 58 (2025)! We are looking for article-length pieces on novel history and theory, approx 6500-9000 words. Please send submissions to [email protected] or see dukeupress.edu/novel for more information.

Fantastic review of Antinomies of Realism by Professor Ian Duncan, from the archives: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/article-…

Better late than never! Our 2nd issue of the year, 57.2 is now available online: read.dukeupress.edu/novel/issue/57…

Looking forward to this!

Novel is currently soliciting submissions for volume 59. Please send all submissions to [email protected]. Looking forward to seeing what you've all been working on!

For those over on Bluesky! Check us out and follow us at: bsky.app/profile/novelf…

We're very much looking forward to seeing everyone in Durham at the Society for Novel Studies Conference later this month. The schedule is now live! Thanks to the organizers Aarthi Vadde, Sarah Quesada, Janice Ho, Barbara Halla, and Yeonwoo Koo! sites.duke.edu/sns2025/sample…

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CFP - AI and the NOVEL Workshop at Brown University. Convenened by Kevin McLaughlin (Brown) and Dennis Yi Tenen (Columbia). drive.google.com/file/d/1zT_XLg…

It's nearly time for SNS! Looking forward to seeing everyone in North Carolina later this week!

Novel is currently soliciting special issue proposals and individual article submissions for general issues! Please send all correspondence to [email protected].

What are you all reading at the moment?

Currently reading!

A tour of American readerly tastes, from C19 sentimental novels to midcentury men’s literary fiction to the influencer literary culture of today. A great capsule survey, Dan Sinykin! nytimes.com/2025/06/25/sty…

Looking forward to this new collection, Realism and the Novel: A Global History, edited by Paul Stasi and out on Cambridge UP. Looks like it'll be an invaluable resource! Read an excerpt from the intro here: assets.cambridge.org/97810092/96885…

Issue 58.1 is now live online! read.dukeupress.edu/novel

Currently reading