• Literary Criticism

    First Draft

    Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 27, 2022
    Happy Pride

    Anger, Joy, Resistance: Queer Readings For Pride Month

    By Literary Hub  June 24, 2022
    Pride

    Billy-Ray Belcourt Wants a Whole Literature of Queer Indigenous Possibility

    By Billy-Ray Belcourt  June 24, 2022
    Happy Pride

    111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors

    By Literary Hub  June 24, 2022
    Queer Sex

    Sex, Freedom, Cruising, and Consent: A Conversation with Garth Greenwell

    By Andrew Sciallo  June 24, 2022
    Pride

    Zeyn Joukhadar on the Fantastical Futures That Trans People of Color Deserve

    By Zeyn Joukhadar  June 24, 2022
    Keen On

    Whose Nightmare Are We Living In: Orwell’s or Huxley’s?

    By Andrew Keen  June 24, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  June 24, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Drag Explosion: A Queer Nonfiction Reading List

    By Nicole Pasulka  June 24, 2022
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: What They’re Reading at Brazos Bookstore in Houston, Texas

    By Literary Hub  June 24, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Mark Kurlansky: Why Short Stories are Pure Storytelling

    By The Literary Life  June 24, 2022
    New Books Network

    Looking for God During the Vietnam War: A Conversation with Elan Barnehama

    By New Books Network  June 24, 2022
    Class

    If They Want to Be Published, Literary Writers Can’t Be Honest About Money

    By Naomi Kanakia  June 23, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Sloane Crosley in Defense of New York City’s Single Women

    By The Maris Review  June 23, 2022
    On Death

    Alex Kiester on Obsessing Over Her Mother’s (Eventual) Death

    By Alex Kiester  June 23, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 23, 2022
    Reading Lists

    Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

    By Donna Gordon  June 23, 2022
    Underdogs

    From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

    By Michael Loynd  June 23, 2022
    In Memoriam

    David Grossman Remembers His Friend, the Novelist AB Yehoshua

    By David Grossman  June 23, 2022
    Thresholds

    Endnotes on Inheritance: Marie-Helene Bertino, Ocean Vuong, and More Voices from Thresholds

    By Thresholds   June 23, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Was Bambi an Autobiographical Novel?

    By Book Dreams  June 23, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    “Warnings Imply You Have a Choice.” Rebecca Solnit in Conversation with Margaret Atwood

    By Literary Hub  June 22, 2022
    The Hub

    13 new books to get you through this work week.

    By Katie Yee  June 21, 2022
    The History of Literature

    A Close Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because I could not stop for Death”

    By History of Literature  June 21, 2022
    Language

    The Coordination of 100 Muscles: On Reclaiming Speech as a Stutterer

    By John Whittier Treat  June 21, 2022
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