Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's <em>Better Than Sane</em>

Porochista Khakpour on the Unrelatable Brilliance of Alison Rose's Better Than Sane

"She isn’t interested in your ability to feel for her much less comprehend her."

By Porochista Khakpour | September 7, 2023

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

Emma Staffaroni on the End of a (Problematic) Fairy Tale

By Emma Staffaroni | September 7, 2023

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 7, 2023

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 7, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Andrea Long Chu on Zadie Smith, Jonathan Dee on Ariel Dorfman, James Wood on George Eliot, and More

By Book Marks | September 7, 2023

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

Isabella Trimboli on Alix Cléo Roubaud, Marie Bashkirtseff, Anne Charlotte Robertson, and More

By Isabella Trimboli | September 6, 2023

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Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

By Safiya Sinclair | September 6, 2023

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

By Elaine Equi | September 5, 2023

Is The Lord of the Rings a Work of Modernism?

By Nick Groom | September 5, 2023

The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in <em>A Green Equinox</em>

The Booker Revisited: On Love's Many Manifestations in A Green Equinox

Lucy Scholes Sheds Light On Elizabeth Mavor's Overlooked Modern Classic

By Lucy Scholes | September 1, 2023

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

Featuring Quan Barry, Ariana Benson, Saskia Hamilton, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 1, 2023

How <em>The Odyssey</em> Helped My Father and Me to Grow

How The Odyssey Helped My Father and Me to Grow

Daniel Mendelsohn on His Father and Making Lessons That Live On

By Daniel Mendelsohn | September 1, 2023

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

Jill Talbot on the Transformative Experience of Reading Rebecca Stead, Cheryl Strayed, Durga Chew-Bose, and More

By Jill Talbot | September 1, 2023

August's Best Reviewed Fiction

August's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles from Ann Patchett, James McBride, Paul Murray, and More

By Book Marks | September 1, 2023

August's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

August's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring George Eliot, August Wilson, Harry Smith, and More

By Book Marks | September 1, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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"Dickens may be dead, but Smith, thankfully, is alive."

By Book Marks | August 31, 2023

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