• Literary Criticism

    Comedy

    Christianity and Comedy: On Finding the Funny Side of Faith

    Anna Bruno Considers the Largely Unexplored Humorous Landscape of Catholicism in Literary Fiction

     
    By Anna Bruno  September 19, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Asshole For Absolutely Hating Literary Awards Season?

    By Kristen Arnett  September 18, 2025
    On Poetry

    How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

    By Heidi Seaborn  September 18, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  September 18, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire

    By Fiction Non Fiction  September 18, 2025
    Family

    Every Complicated Family is Complicated in Its Own Way: A Reading List

    By Jeremy B. Jones  September 17, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Thresholds

    Miriam Toews Pushes Against Silences

    By Thresholds   September 17, 2025
    Reading Lists

    The Ultimate Fall 2025 Reading List

    By Emily Temple  September 16, 2025
    Jane Austen

    Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

    By Lucy Worsley  September 16, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    Featuring Angela Flournoy, Jill Lepore, Samanta Schweblin, and More

    By Book Marks  September 19, 2025
    Literary History

    How Viking Introduced John Steinbeck, James Joyce and More to American Readers

    By Paul Slovak  September 16, 2025
    In Conversation

    Angela Flournoy on Writing a Polyphonic Novel of Black Female Friendship

    By Jane Ciabattari  September 16, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Samantha Schweblin! Lydia Davis! Angela Flournoy! 21 new books out today.

    By Julia Hass  September 16, 2025
    Drafts

    Finding Inspiration (and Joy) While Drafting Among the Fjords

    David Greig on His Creative Process Aboard a Nordic Cruise

    By David Greig  September 15, 2025
    Women Writers

    The Art of Caustic Cosiness: On Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died

    By Susie Boyt  September 15, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  September 12, 2025
    Women Writers

    Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

    By Christine Estima  September 12, 2025
    Books

    The Joy of Reading Books About Books

    Susan Coll Recommends John Tottenham, Emily Henry, R.F. Kuang, and More

    By Susan Coll  September 12, 2025
    On Poetry

    How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

    By Elaine L. Wang  September 11, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  September 11, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jessica Francis Kane on Penelope Fitzgerald in Mexico

    By Fiction Non Fiction  September 11, 2025
    literary criticism

    On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

    Nathaniel Moore Reads Patricia Lockwood, Rachel Yoder, and Charlotte Wood

    By Nathaniel Moore  September 10, 2025
    Jane Austen

    What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

    By John Mullan  September 10, 2025
    Historical Fiction

    Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

    By Beth Kephart  September 10, 2025
    Mothers and Sons

    Why Are There So Few Books About Mothers and Sons?

    By Sam Sussman  September 16, 2025
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