The Summer 2025 issue of Bookforum is out now! This edition features John Jeremiah Sullivan’s essay exploring Geoff Dyer’s new artistic territory, Brandon Taylor’s exploration of Ocean Vuong’s fictional worlds (and states of grace), and Janique Vigier’s celebration of Marlen Haushofer’s parables of isolation. Also in the issue: Angelo Hernandez Sias interviews Susan Choi; Audrey Wollen considers Roger Shattuck’s book on the Wild Boy of Aveyron; Elias Altman reviews Jamie Hood’s Trauma Plot: A Life; Josie Mitchell on Jamaica Kincaid’s career-spanning essay collection; Sophie Kemp, Elvia Wilk, and Jessi Jezewska Stevens review new fiction; and more. Subscribe or renew your subscription today to receive the print issue and support Bookforum. And consider making a donation or gifting a subscription. Thank you, as ever, for reading.