• Literary Criticism

    Climate Crisis

    In Talking—and Writing—About the Climate Crisis, We Need to Make Space for Our Flaws

    By Kate Brook  June 30, 2022
    Anthropocene

    How the White Ecology of Disaster Inscribed Itself Into the Human Experience

    By Daisy Hildyard  June 30, 2022
    Pop Music

    Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

    By Matt Mitchell  June 30, 2022
    Grief

    “The Act of Mourning Itself is a Final, Destitute Version of Love.” A Reading List For the Grieving

    By Sally Oliver  June 30, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Cultural Memories of Korea

    By The Maris Review  June 30, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    What Should You Read This Summer?

    By Just the Right Book   June 30, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Language of Loneliness: Five Books That Reckon With Not Belonging

    By Paddy Crewe  June 30, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 30, 2022
    In Conversation

    In One of Her Last Interviews, Joan Didion Talks to Hari Kunzru About Loss, Blue Nights, and Giving Up the Yellow Corvette

    By Hari Kunzru  June 29, 2022
    Motherhood

    Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

    By Alexis Schaitkin  June 29, 2022
    The Hub

    A “Chinese Borges” wrote millions of words of fake Russian history on Wikipedia for a decade.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 28, 2022
    new books tuesday

    19 new books to read in the safety of an air-conditioned room.

    By Katie Yee  June 28, 2022
    Authors in the Tent

    WATCH: Adam Schiff on How Fiction Can Help Us Understand Political Turmoil

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 28, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Revisiting Tracy Flick 30 Years Later: Tom Perrotta Talks to Emma Straub

    By Literary Hub  June 28, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Joseph Han on American Imperialism and the Korean Forever War

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 28, 2022
    Craft

    Samantha Allen on Writing the Sasquatch Slasher Novel the World Needs Right Now

    By Samantha Allen  June 28, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Andrew Lipstein on Pseudonyms, Failure, and How to Make a Plot Move

    By I'm a Writer But   June 28, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

    By So Many Damn Books  June 28, 2022
    Artificial Intelligence

    Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

    By Stephen Marche  June 27, 2022
    Russian Literature

    The Unnoticed Generation: How Russian Writers in Paris Grappled With the Complexities of Life Between the Wars

    By Bryan Karetnyk  June 27, 2022
    Fantasy

    Let’s Enjoy Books Where Characters Are Openly Queer

    By McKayla Coyle  June 27, 2022
    The Common

    Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

    By The Common  June 27, 2022
    Literary Disco

    Is Moby-Dick a Fantasy Novel?

    By Literary Disco  June 27, 2022
    The History of Literature

    How Did the Prim, Religious Christina Rossetti Come to Write Such a Bizarre and Hedonistic Poem?

    By History of Literature  June 27, 2022
    Queers at the End of the World

    How Earthlings Challenges Our Ideas About Healing, Chosen Family, and Imagination

    By Queers at the End of the World  June 27, 2022
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