• Literary Criticism

    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 14, 2022
    Poetry

    “I Trust Nothing But Music.” Valzhyna Mort on the Patient Listening of Writing Poetry

    By Michael Prior  April 13, 2022
    Drawing

    “I think I might have gone on drawing forever.” Annie Hartnett on Giving the Gift of Art

    By Annie Hartnett  April 13, 2022
    Sex

    Why Sex Scenes Are Not Only Feminist, But Necessary

    By Elissa Sussman  April 13, 2022
    Heroines

    In Praise of Dysfunctional Heroines

    By Dawn Winter  April 13, 2022
    new books tuesday

    21 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 12, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: Melissa Chadburn on the Books She’s Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 12, 2022
    Criticism

    Why the Color Red Carries so Much Weight in Film and Literature

    By James Fox  April 12, 2022
    Nature Writing

    Nature Writing is Survival Writing: On Rethinking a Genre

    By Michelle Nijhuis  April 12, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  April 12, 2022
    Black History

    The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

    By Elizabeth Alexander  April 12, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

    By The Cosmic Library   April 12, 2022
    The Hub

    Conservative lawmaker writes children’s book in praise of solidarity and collective action.

    By Jonny Diamond  April 11, 2022
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tennessee

    By Literary Hub  April 11, 2022
    Desire

    The Heartbreaks and Complications of School-Age Desire: A Reading List

    By Jonathan Galassi  April 11, 2022
    Poetry

    How Sylvia Plath Calls Out for Connection Across Time

    By Sina Queyras  April 11, 2022
    Gardening

    Madhushree Ghosh on Food as Survival, Grief, and Liberation

    By Anjali Enjeti  April 11, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Jeff VanderMeer on Ursula K. Le Guin, Tove Jansson, and Ottessa Moshfegh

    By Book Marks  April 11, 2022
    Civil Rights

    Blacks and Jews: Fifty-Five Years After James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”

    By Jacques Berlinerblau and Terrence L. Johnson  April 9, 2022
    Ukraine

    Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

    By Literary Hub  April 8, 2022
    Perfume

    How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

    By Megan Volpert  April 8, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 8, 2022
    Literary History

    Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

    By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker  April 7, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge

    By The Maris Review  April 7, 2022
    Creativity

    Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

    By Susan Cain  April 7, 2022
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