Lucy Ives
Lucy Ives is the author of the novels Impossible Views of the World, Loudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World and Life Is Everywhere. She writes frequently on art for such magazines as Aperture, Art in America, Artforum and frieze.
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Fiction | The Online Edition
The Chosen Death of the Witch
Lucy Ives
‘He came to see, after a long agony, that it would be best to give it up.’
A new story by Lucy Ives.
Fiction | The Online Edition
Life Is Everywhere
Lucy Ives
‘Erin’s mother, whom Erin also loved, was a covetous person, treacherous and clever.’
An excerpt from Lucy Ives’ new novel.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Best Book of 1928: Quicksand
Lucy Ives
Lucy Ives argues that Nella Larsen – author of ‘terse, obsessively observed fiction’ – penned the best book of 1928.
Fiction | The Online Edition
Loudermilk
Lucy Ives
‘The bro has a pair of plump dogs over which he deploys nauseating quantities of ketchup.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Lucy Ives & Niina Pollari
‘For me, narratives are always tied to and emerging from other narratives; there is no single beginning, no origin.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
Bitter Tennis
Lucy Ives
‘I don’t know much about the cosmos, but I know enough to avoid the game of tennis.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
Ersatz Panda
Lucy Ives
‘My greatest desire has always been to take people literally. It’s not the same as wanting to trust them, but it’s related.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
American Objects
Lucy Ives
‘My eyes were way too large. They appeared, if this is possible, independently scandalized.’
