102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism

A Highly Subjective and Idiosyncratic List Created Upon Moving House

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 4, 2016

Where is Wisława Szymborska’s Teeming Crowd?

Where is Wisława Szymborska’s Teeming Crowd?

Remembering the Great Poet 20 Years After Her Nobel Prize

By Jonathan Russell Clark | January 8, 2016

A Reader's Manifesto for 2016

A Reader's Manifesto for 2016

Literary Resolutions from a Straight, White Male

By Jonathan Russell Clark | January 4, 2016

The Literary <em>Star Wars</em>, a History

The Literary Star Wars, a History

George Lucas and His Heroes, From Flash Gordon to Francis Ford Coppola

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 18, 2015

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

On 12 Books (and 4,554 Pages) by Journalists, Critics, Columnists, and Contributors

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 14, 2015

The Ever-Expanding World of David Mitchell

The Ever-Expanding World of David Mitchell

One Novel Out of Many, Filled With Eternally Recurring Characters

By Jonathan Russell Clark | November 16, 2015

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This Year’s Charming National Book Award Underdog: Karen E. Bender

By Jonathan Russell Clark | November 12, 2015

Roxane Gay Wins the PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award

By Jonathan Russell Clark | November 4, 2015

The Bearable Lightness of Joe Meno

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 22, 2015

Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

A Last-Minute Plea on Behalf of Secular Miracles

By Jonathan Russell Clark | October 7, 2015

The Time I Got Really Stoned and Interviewed Jesse Eisenberg

The Time I Got Really Stoned and Interviewed Jesse Eisenberg

Sunday Night, You're Totally Baked, and a Movie Star Calls

By Jonathan Russell Clark | September 29, 2015

In Praise of the New Modernists

In Praise of the New Modernists

Alexandra Kleeman, George Saunders... Experimental and Deeply Felt

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 26, 2015

Reclaiming David Foster Wallace from the Lit-Bros

Reclaiming David Foster Wallace from the Lit-Bros

Has Anyone Actually Read Infinite Jest?

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 20, 2015

Happy Birthday, Gary Larson: A <em>Far Side</em> Appreciation

Happy Birthday, Gary Larson: A Far Side Appreciation

Weiner Dogs, Smoking Dinosaurs, and Other Deep Truths

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 14, 2015

In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

Two New Collections Create Vast Moral Worlds

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 23, 2015

The Best Books About Books

The Best Books About Books

Reading About Reading is Sometimes Better Than Reading

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 22, 2015

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