• Literary Criticism

    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Rebecca Mead and Jia Tolentino on Identity, Nationality, and Inheritance

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 10, 2022
    Ukraine

    Why We Should Read About the Soviet Past In Order to Understand Ukraine Now

    By Sofi Oksanen  March 9, 2022
    On Writing

    What Makes a Great Opening Line?

    By Allegra Hyde  March 9, 2022
    Politics

    The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously

    By Azar Nafisi  March 9, 2022
    On Writing

    How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

    By Ben Okri  March 9, 2022
    Recommended Reading

    How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

    By Tara Isabella Burton  March 9, 2022
    Gender

    Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

    By Mona Chollet  March 9, 2022
    On Translation

    How Rumi Became a Poet

    By Haleh Liza Gafori  March 9, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Kevin Barry on Flowers in the Attic, 2666, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

    By Book Marks  March 9, 2022
    The Hub

    It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

    By Katie Yee  March 8, 2022
    Ukraine

    How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

    By Kate Tsurkan  March 8, 2022
    Rural America

    What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

    By Lee Cole  March 8, 2022
    Character Development

    Imagining the Many Futures—and Complex Humanity—of the Archetypal Missing Girl

    By Erin Kate Ryan  March 8, 2022
    Women Writers

    Why Are So Many Men Still Resistant to Reading Women?

    By Mary Ann Sieghart  March 8, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  March 8, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 8, 2022
    new books tuesday

    19 new books to get lost in this week.

    By Katie Yee  March 8, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    On Coming to Ursula K. Le Guin in My Own Time

    By Amal El-Mohtar  March 7, 2022
    Inspiration

    Finding Inspiration in Willa Cather’s Belief in the Necessity of Art

    By Ladette Randolph  March 7, 2022
    The History of Literature

    How to Express Your Love to Virginia Woolf

    By History of Literature  March 7, 2022
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This February and March

    By Literary Hub  March 7, 2022
    First Draft

    Thrity Umrigar on Questioning the Rules of Objective Journalism

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 7, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in March

    By Eliza Smith  March 4, 2022
    What to Watch

    Joachim Trier Isn’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    By Meg Walters  March 4, 2022
    Work

    The Poetry of Labor: On Rodrigo Toscano and the Art of Work

    By Alissa Quart  March 4, 2022
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