Nell Zink — A mystery wrapped in an enigma

Kathryn Schulz's May 18 New Yorker piece on the chaotic, unlikely life of Zink, a fifty-one year old novelist whose recent emergence from complete obscurity almost belies belief in terms of paths taken and not, is absorbing, amusing, and eye-opening.

For those who want more, there's Zink's interview in The Paris Review.