Martin Riker’s The Guest Lecture begins with a paragraph of stage direction, establishing the scene that will make up the entirety of the novel. The story takes place in a hotel room “somewhere in middle America.” The room is dark, and its king-size bed holds three bodies: On the left lies a man, in the […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/03/23/the-life-of-the-mind-the-guest-lecture-martin-riker/