Reading Gillian Linden’s “Negative Space,” I kept thinking of the Lydia Davis story “Fear.” The story opens with a woman running out of her house, “face white and overcoat flapping ...

“Negative Space” by Gillian Linden is a triumph of voice, specifically in its use of deadpan. ... face (pan). Deadpan works by juxtaposing emotional inertness against absurd events.

Even in a life newly filled with negative space, I found it hard to conceptualize the loss until this moment, a small event made even more solemn by the face masks worn by nearly everyone in ...

Gillian Linden’s “Negative Space” follows an adjunct instructor losing herself in the maze of academic bureaucracy.

For parents, entering Gillian Linden’s debut, “Negative Space” (W.W. Norton, 176 pages, $26.99), will be a little like returning to an uneasy, half-remembered dream. The short, subtly ...

A negative space in art is the space that is in between people, objects, etc. Focusing on the negative space gives paintings, photography, and music more depth and perspective.