• Literary Criticism

    Paperbacks

    Matthew Salesses! V (Eve Ensler!) Doomsday cults! 26 books out in paperback this February.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  February 2, 2024
    Publishing

    Against Disruption: On the Bulletpointization of Books

    By Maris Kreizman  February 1, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Diana Khoi Nguyen is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  February 1, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Glenn North on Kansas City’s Jazz, Poetry, and Barbeque

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 1, 2024
    Reading Lists

    January’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of January

    By AudioFile Magazine  January 31, 2024
    Reading Lists

    January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Literary cats! An Ai Weiwei graphic novel! 22 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 30, 2024
    Book Bans

    A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

    By Laura Pappano  January 30, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

    By The Critic and Her Publics   January 30, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Duncan M. Yoon on the Literary Interplay Between China and Africa

    By History of Literature  January 30, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 26, 2024
    On Writing

    Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

    By William Maxwell  January 26, 2024
    Unlikeable Female Characters

    So Fetch, So Fierce: In Praise of All the Literary Mean Girls

    By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong  January 26, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Brandi Wells is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  January 26, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 25, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Ed Park on Korea’s Past, Real and Imagined

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 25, 2024
    Creative Nonfiction

    How Nellie Bly and Other Trailblazing Women Wrote Creative Nonfiction Before It Was a Thing

    By Lee Gutkind  January 23, 2024
    In Conversation

    Manjula Martin on Chronicling a World in Constant Turmoil

    By Jane Ciabattari  January 23, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    26 new books out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 23, 2024
    Children's Lit

    From Board Books to Middle Grade: 10 Great New Children’s Books Out in January

    By Caroline Carlson  January 22, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 19, 2024
    literary criticism

    Puzzlement Over Answers: On Fiction as a Mode of Inquiry

    By Mary Lane Potter  January 19, 2024
    Publishing

    Why is March 2024 the Best Month in Years For Books?

    By Maris Kreizman  January 18, 2024
    Totalitarianism

    Why We Should All Read
    Hannah Arendt Now

    By Lyndsey Stonebridge  January 18, 2024
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