In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was published in the United States to immediate controversy and best-sellerdom. More than 60 years later, this phenomenal novel generates as much buzz as it did when originally published. Central to countless issues at the forefront of our national discourse - art and politics, race and whiteness, gender and power, sexual trauma - Lolita lives on, in an afterlife as blinding as a supernova. With original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent 21st-century writers and edited by the daughter of Lolita’s original publisher in America, Lolita in the Afterlife is a vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on this perennially provocative book.

With contributions by:

Robin Givhan • Aleksandar Hemon • Jim Shepard • Emily Mortimer • Laura Lippman • Erika L. Sánchez • Sarah Weinman • Andre Dubus III • Mary Gaitskill • Zainab Salbi • Christina Baker Kline • Ian Frazier • Cheryl Strayed • Sloane Crosley • Victor LaValle • Jill Kargman • Lila Azam Zanganeh • Roxane Gay • Claire Dederer • Jessica Shattuck • Stacy Schiff • Susan Choi • Kate Elizabeth Russell • Tom Bissell • Kira Von Eichel • Bindu Bansinath • Dani Shapiro • Alexander Chee • Lauren Groff • Morgan Jerkins

Audiobook table of contents:

"Witness for the Defense: My Father and Lolita" - by Emily Mortimer, read by the author

"Véra and Lo" - by Stacy Schiff, read by Marisol Ramirez

"On the Road with Humbert and Lolita" - by Ian Frazier, read by Paul Bellantoni

"Ugly Beautiful" - by Roxane Gay, read by the author

"Badge of Honor" - by Susan Choi, read by Rebecca Lowman

"Watching the Detective" - by Laura Lippman, read by the author

"Lolita Diary" - by Alexander Chee, read by Vikas Adam

"Delectatio Morosa" - by Lauren Groff, read by Rebecca Lowman

"Lolita, #MeToo, and Myself"- by Morgan Jerkins, read by Marisol Ramirez

"Lolita, Chamonix, France, 2018" - by Andre Dubus III, read by the author

"The Showgirl Who Discovered Lolita" - by Sarah Weinman, read by the author

"Fashion’s Lolita; Fragile, Subversive, and a Paean to White Femininity" - by Robin Givhan, read by Marisol Ramirez

"Lolita and the Empathetic Imagination" - by Jim Shepard, read by the author

"How Lolita Freed Me from My Own Humbert" - by Bindu Bansinath, read by the author

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury" - by Christina Baker Kline, read by Rebecca Lowman

"Charmed" - by Victor LaValle, read by Vikas Adam

"They Stay the Same Age" - by Sloane Crosley, read by the author

"Dear Sugar" - by Cheryl Strayed, read by the author

"What We Talk About When We Talk About Lolita" - by Lila Azam Zanganeh, read by Marisol Ramirez

"Nabokov’s Rocking Chair: Lolita at the Movies" - by Tom Bissell, read by the author

"Lo and Behold" - by Jill Kargman, read by the author

"Acquiring Lolita’s Language" - by Aleksandar Hemon, read by Paul Bellantoni

"Charlotte’s Complaint" - by Jessica Shattuck, read by the author

"Lolita in the Time of Trigger Warnings" - by Erika L. Sánchez, read by Marisol Ramirez

"Maison Nymphette" - by Kate Elizabeth Russell, read by the author

"A Living Story of Lolita in Iraq" - by Zainab Salbi, read by the author

"The Lollipop Room" - by Kira von Eichel, read by Rebecca Lowman

"The Anti-Monster" - by Claire Dederer, read by Marisol Ramirez

"Lolita in Lockdown" - by Dani Shapiro, read by the author

"I Cannot Get Out Said the Starling" - by Mary Gaitskill, read by Rebecca Lowman