• Literary Criticism

    Children's Literature

    How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

    By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  April 6, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    Welcome to Season 3 of The Cosmic Library

    By The Cosmic Library   April 6, 2022
    Craft and Criticism

    How Writers Can Best Conceptualize Their Work

    By Graeme Simsion  April 6, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Morgan Jerkins on Leo Tolstoy, Pachinko, and the sex scene in Sula

    By Book Marks  April 6, 2022
    new books tuesday

    16 hotly-anticipated new books coming out this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 5, 2022
    Coming of Age

    What Can We Learn From the “Life” of the Little Prince?

    By Stéphane Garnier  April 5, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Kaitlyn Greenidge on Toni Morrison, Karen Tei Yamashita, Melissa Broder, and More

    By Book Marks  April 5, 2022
    Reading Lists

    Defying Classification: An Introduction to Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

    By Victor Fernando R. Ocampo  April 4, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The 1990s: A Surreal (and Sociopathic?) Era in America

    By Candice Wuehle  April 4, 2022
    First Draft

    Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 4, 2022
    Short Stories

    Announcing the Winners of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

    By Literary Hub  April 4, 2022
    The History of Literature

    What Literary Techniques Did Sigmund Freud Employ?

    By History of Literature  April 4, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Patti Callahan on Graham Greene, Mary Kay Andrews, and Women Who Run With Wolves

    By Book Marks  April 4, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in April

    By Eliza Smith  April 1, 2022
    Morality

    Why Do We Have to Feel Good? On Michael Schur’s Cloying Moral Universe

    By Ariella Garmaise  April 1, 2022
    What to Watch

    Language is the True Protagonist of My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season

    By Maria Albano  April 1, 2022
    African Literature

    How Langston Hughes Has Influenced Generations of South African Writers

    By C. A. Davids  April 1, 2022
    Serialized Novels

    How Writing a Serialized Novel Helped Carley Moore Connect With the World During a Time of Disconnection

    By Carley Moore  April 1, 2022
    Childhood

    On Letting Children Come Up with Their Own Bedtime Stories

    By Joel Agee  April 1, 2022
    Micro

    Danielle Rose on the Voyeuristic Nature of Epistolary Writing

    By Micro   April 1, 2022
    New Books Network

    What Was it Like to Immigrate to America, Just as the Stock Market Crashed?

    By New Books Network  April 1, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  April 1, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 31, 2022
    Resistance

    On Resistance and Radical Care: Books That Reveal the True Source of Collective Power

    By Daisy Pitkin  March 31, 2022
    Jane Austen

    “In Moderation and Without Worry.” On Jane Austen’s Use of Food As Character

    By Robert Tuesday Anderson  March 31, 2022
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