• Literary Criticism

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    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked The Power of the Dog

    By Literary Hub  March 23, 2022
    Art and Writing

    The Challenges of Placing Real Art in Fictional Stories

    By Joe Mungo Reed  March 23, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Elissa Washuta on Michael Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Indigenous Literature

    By Book Marks  March 23, 2022
    Historical Fiction

    Karen Joy Fowler on Decentering John Wilkes Booth in a Novel About His Family

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 22, 2022
    Lit Century

    How Do We Live with the Knowledge That We’ll Die?

    By Lit Century   March 22, 2022
    The Writing Life

    When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

    By Alejandro Varela  March 22, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Belfast

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2022
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    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Dune

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2022
    new books tuesday

    14 new books to revive your reading life.

    By Katie Yee  March 22, 2022
    The Hub

    A springtime field guide to the iconic flora of children’s literature.

    By Katie Yee  March 21, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Drive My Car

    By Literary Hub  March 21, 2022
    2022 Oscars

    Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked King Richard

    By Literary Hub  March 21, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Why We Need More Writers Practicing Medicine (and Vice Versa)

    By Xi Chen  March 21, 2022
    Coming of Age

    Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

    By Andrew DeYoung  March 21, 2022
    Southern literature

    On the Fever Dream Brilliance of Harry Crews

    By Kevin Wilson  March 21, 2022
    Mythology

    The Mermaid, C’est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

    By Monique Roffey  March 21, 2022
    Reading

    The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

    By Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry  March 21, 2022
    First Draft

    Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 21, 2022
    Comics

    What Can Superhero Stories Do For Us In 2022?

    By Peter Kalu  March 21, 2022
    The History of Literature

    When Mark Twain Tried to Start a Publishing Company (and Epically Failed)

    By History of Literature  March 21, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Melissa Febos on Frankenstein, Elissa Washuta, and The Velveteen Rabbit

    By Book Marks  March 21, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Many Forms of Love in Pachinko

    By Juhea Kim  March 18, 2022
    Deaf Culture

    Toward a Literature of Sign Language

    By Ross Showalter  March 18, 2022
    What to Watch

    Writing Lessons from Author-Seductress Extraordinaire Catherine Tramell

    By Blake Turck  March 18, 2022
    Romance

    Why Romance Needs Its Tropes: A Defense

    By India Holton  March 18, 2022
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