• Literary Criticism

    The Hub

    Dear parents of young kids: do you live-edit bad children’s books as you’re reading them?

    By Jonny Diamond  November 2, 2021
    Football

    A Case for Football as the Most Literary of American Sports

    By Corey Sobel  November 2, 2021
    Recommended Reading

    Tom McCarthy on the Supreme Beauty of Edouard Glissant’s The Poetics of Relation

    By Tom McCarthy  November 2, 2021
    The Midwest

    On Jay Gatsby, the Most Famous North Dakotan

    By Sarah Vogel  November 2, 2021
    Lit Century

    “This Is What Poetry’s For.” On Returning to the Work of Louise Glück

    By Lit Century   November 2, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    Shabby, Domestic Comedy? Grown Up Holden Caulfield? Read This Early Review of John Updike’s Rabbit, Run

    By Book Marks  November 2, 2021
    new books tuesday

    20 new books to cozy up to this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 2, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  November 2, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  November 2, 2021
    In Conversation

    Elizabeth Strout on Inhabiting Her Characters and Writing Directly

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 2, 2021
    Finnegan and Friends

    Announcing the New Season of The Cosmic Library

    By Finnegan and Friends  November 2, 2021
    TV

    How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping

    By Stuart Jeffries  November 1, 2021
    Beauty

    Whither the Plain Female Protagonist? On “Great Beauty” in Literature

    By Lucinda Rosenfeld  November 1, 2021
    War

    Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

    By Paul Auster  November 1, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Tana French on James Baldwin, Watership Down, and Hating Hawthorne

    By Book Marks  November 1, 2021
    The History of Literature

    “The King of Poets.” On Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal

    By History of Literature  November 1, 2021
    First Draft

    “Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 1, 2021
    Horror

    Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

    By Tyler Malone  October 29, 2021
    On Grief

    How Horror Mirrors the Irrevocability of Grief

    By Gus Moreno  October 29, 2021
    Craft and Criticism

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

    By Book Marks  October 29, 2021
    Mental health

    What Therapists Are Reading to Get Through the Many Crises of the Moment

    By Chaya Bhuvaneswar  October 29, 2021
    Misinformation

    The Call is Coming From Inside the House: On Fighting Disinformation

    By Nina Jankowicz  October 28, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here are October’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2021
    Baseball

    Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

    By Lincoln Michel  October 28, 2021
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