• Literary Criticism

    Otherppl

    On the Moment Darrel Alejandro Holnes Started to Identify as a Poet

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 9, 2022
    Anthropocene

    The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

    By David Farrier  May 6, 2022
    Mothers

    When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

    By Michael Bourne  May 6, 2022
    Motherhood

    Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

    By Emma Knight  May 6, 2022
    Poetry

    Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

    By Beppe Severgnini  May 6, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 6, 2022
    New Books Network

    Westworld Meets Edgar Allan Poe: Sara M. Mueller on Creating the World of The Bone Orchard

    By New Books Network  May 6, 2022
    Social Media

    How Did James Baldwin Become a 21st-Century Influencer?

    By Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster  May 5, 2022
    Reproductive Rights

    What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

    By Literary Hub  May 5, 2022
    In Memoriam

    In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

    By Heather Cleary  May 5, 2022
    Motherhood

    Empathizing with the Mother Figures of Peter Pan

    By Liz Michalski  May 5, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 5, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Alex George on the “Absolutely Extraordinary Journey” of Running a Book Festival

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 5, 2022
    Post-Apocalyptic Lit

    On the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape of Walter Kappacher’s Palace of Flies

    By Michael P. Steinberg  May 5, 2022
    The Hub

    Guerre, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

    By Jonny Diamond  May 4, 2022
    Home

    The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

    By Megan Mayhew Bergman  May 4, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  May 4, 2022
    Memoirs

    Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

    By Courtney Maum  May 4, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

    By Susie Dumond  May 4, 2022
    Otherppl

    “We’re the Fools in Charge of Forgiveness.” Steve Almond on the Task of the Social Novelist

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 4, 2022
    Mythology

    Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

    By Jennifer Saint   May 4, 2022
    Queer Identity

    The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

    By Lauren McBrayer  May 4, 2022
    The Hub

    15 great paperback books coming out this May.

    By Katie Yee  May 3, 2022
    What to Watch

    A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

    By The Why Shakespeare? Course   May 3, 2022
    On Writing

    Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

    By Gerald Murnane  May 3, 2022
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