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. Sanchez 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

"Vera 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. Sanchez, 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