• Literary Criticism

    Love

    Love, Loss, and Everything In Between: A Reading List

    By Jessie Stephens  June 3, 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 3, 2022
    New Books Network

    Hester Fox on Facing the Ugly Truths of the Victorian Era

    By New Books Network  June 3, 2022
    Poetry

    Messing With All of It: Poets Rodrigo Toscano and Sandra Simonds Talk Politics, Poetics, Work, and Class

    By Sandra Simonds and Rodrigo Toscano  June 2, 2022
    Children's Literature

    On Domesticity and Memory in James Baldwin and Becky Suss

    By Peter L’Official  June 2, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 2, 2022
    Motherhood

    On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

    By Malwina Gudowska  June 2, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Candice Iloh in Conversation with Ibi Zoboi

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 2, 2022
    Illustrations

    Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

    By Andreas Kilcher  June 1, 2022
    Writing

    The Literary Value of a Good List

    By Lily Chu  June 1, 2022
    World Building

    Imagining More: Women Writing Worlds in Crisis

    By Erin Swan  June 1, 2022
    Thresholds

    When Having a Baby Requires a Rewrite: Jessamine Chan on Parenthood and The School for Good Mothers

    By Thresholds   June 1, 2022
    In Conversation

    Finding Resonance in the Unreal: A Conversation Between Sam Knight and Sarah Krasnostein

    By Sarah Krasnostein  June 1, 2022
    Healthcare

    Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 1, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    9 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
    to Jazz Up Your June

    By Book Marks  June 1, 2022
    Narrative Structures

    11 Novels That Thwart Traditional Narrative Structure (to Brilliant Effect)

    By Maria Adelmann  June 1, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    On Adjoa Andoh, Golden Voice Narrator

    By Behind the Mic   June 1, 2022
    Nonfiction Novels

    Between Fact and Fable: Historical Fiction or Nonfictional Novel?

    By Clayton Wickham  May 31, 2022
    Shakespeare

    What’s In a Name? Tracing an Obsession with the Shakespeare Authorship Question

    By Michael Blanding  May 31, 2022
    Young Adult

    On Setting YA Aside to Write a Novel for Adults

    By Nina LaCour  May 31, 2022
    Lit Century

    Finding Both Comedy and Nightmare in The Man Who Loved Children

    By Lit Century   May 31, 2022
    Queer History

    Why the “Bad Gays” of History Deserve More Attention

    By Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller  May 31, 2022
    The History of Literature

    What, Exactly, Is American Literature?

    By History of Literature  May 31, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of May

    By Book Marks  May 31, 2022
    new books tuesday

    17 new books to find at your local bookstore.

    By Katie Yee  May 31, 2022
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