Monday’s Margins: The Future Sucks; Change It.

Newsflash: The future is boring, says Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.

"Comedies end in marriage, tragedies in death. Otherwise they aren't so different," says the protagonist of Siri Hustvedt's "exuberant" new novel, The Summer Without Men.

Only posting two stories is kinda lame, we admit. We'll work on blogging better in the future.