• Literary Criticism

    Big Table

    David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

    By Big Table  February 22, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Julie Otsuka on Writing Memory Loss and the Power of the First-Person Plural

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 22, 2022
    Education

    Getting By in Prison With Nothing But Books

    By Daniel Genis  February 22, 2022
    Book Bans

    What Banning Maus Means for the Generation of Artists It Inspired

    By Amy Kurzweil  February 18, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    EXCLUSIVE: Tracy K. Smith and Others Discuss Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”

    By The Virtual Book Channel  February 18, 2022
    Relationships

    The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

    By Robin Kirman  February 18, 2022
    Victorian Literature

    On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula

    By Vidya Krishnan  February 18, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  February 18, 2022
    Craft

    Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

    By Erik Larson  February 18, 2022
    Music

    The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

    By Emme Lund  February 18, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

    By The Maris Review  February 17, 2022
    Chinese Literature

    What Is China Reading Right Now?

    By Megan Walsh  February 17, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 17, 2022
    The Hub

    Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

    By Katie Yee  February 16, 2022
    Criticism

    Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

    By Anthony Domestico  February 16, 2022
    Thresholds

    “Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

    By Thresholds   February 16, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

    By Book Marks  February 16, 2022
    Classics

    How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

    By Erin Morgenstern  February 16, 2022
    Motherhood

    Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

    By Mary Kuryla  February 16, 2022
    Libraries

    American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

    By Ilan Stavans  February 16, 2022
    Harlem Renaissance

    On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

    By Morgan Jerkins  February 16, 2022
    The Hub

    15 new books to love this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 15, 2022
    Cooking

    “We Get to Be Young Only Once.” On My Life-Changing Discovery of Laurie Colwin

    By Kim Fay  February 15, 2022
    Murder

    On the Feminine Urge to Murder

    By Heather O'Neill  February 15, 2022
    Craft and Criticism

    The Unspeakable Through the Diminutive: Read a 1986 Review of Maus

    By Book Marks  February 15, 2022
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