Future of the Novel Karen Weingarten and RadioLab contributing editor Heather

and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out

they will confront the people they truly are

and the target of endless condemnation by preachers and the Lord Mayor

--Trixie Mattel

by deliberately making false claims about what's true

Future of the Novel Karen Weingarten and RadioLab contributing editor HeatherAuthor and essayist Simon Okotie interprets the signposts evident through the history of the novel that point to the form's future. We're used to the novel being declared dead, dying, or endangered. Seemingly every few years, a critic will read it the last rites yet the form remains more popular than ever with readers. In The Future of the Novel, author Simon Okotie presents a bold future for long form fiction, and suggests its evolution is far from