Early in Portlander Karen Russell’s latest novel, The Antidote, its titular witch is trying on names. Rather than cast spells ...

It takes an unconventional fabulist to address something so vast as American history. Karen Russell is known for surreal storytelling and fantastic language in work marked by slanted perspective ...

In 2011, Karen Russell cast a spell over readers with her uncanny debut novel, “Swamplandia!” She wasn’t kidding about that exclamation point. The story involves a plucky 13-year-old girl ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Karen Russell, the bestselling author of "Swamplandia!" and "Vampires in the Lemon Grove," returns with a magical ...

Karen Russell's sprawling new novel begins on a day called Black Sunday, set during the Dust Bowl storms in the 1930s. The story is told by Antonina Rossi. KAREN RUSSELL: (Reading) On Black Sunday ...

Karen Russell and the cover of her 2025 novel. Fans of author Karen Russell have two things to look forward to this week: One, the long-awaited release of her second novel, “The Antidote,” on ...

“The Antidote,” Karen Russell’s first novel in 14 years, is framed by two real-life events in Nebraska back in 1935 – a devastating dust storm and a Biblical-level flood that was ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Karen Russell about her new book, "The Antidote." It's an eerie novel set in the era of Dustbowl droughts.