Above the Fold

Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need

Excavating the dark side of human nature, the author invites readers to find divinity in depravity

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Conversations

Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture

For Document’s Tenth Anniversary issue, Iggy Pop joins Ottessa Moshfegh to discuss raging against the machine, weaponizing established paradigms, and leaving New York for greener...

by Hannah Ongley

At Large

Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once

Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration...

by Philip Watts