Novelists Grant Bailie, Ranbir Sidhu, and Laurie Stone are now confined to huts inside the Flux Factory, an artists’ collective in Queens, New York. According to a New York Times report by Julie Salamon, the three novelists plan to complete novels by June 4 as part of “Novel: A Living Installation,” organized by Morgan Meis and Kerry Downey, curators at the Flux Factory, who say the project intends to “consider the private and public aspects of writing.” The novelists’ high-design huts were designed especially for the exhibit and stand at about 140 square feet, one of which includes a “grow table” that had “dirt sprouting wheat germ, clover and rye.” The novelists can clock out of seclusion for 90 minutes every day but must keep a detailed log of their activities. Novelist Grant Bailie explained that “I could write a better book if I were locked up for a while.” The novelists will meet for dinner each night, where a meal will be prepared by a chef from a local restaurant. The installation is on view to the public five days a week, and the novelists will give weekly readings of their work and will participate in two public discussions about the project.