• Literary Criticism

    Failed Books

    Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished
    Magnum Opus

    By Jeremy Klemin   May 20, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

    By Oscar Villalon  May 17, 2019
    Literary History

    Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

    By Brian Birnbaum  May 16, 2019
    Witches

    On a New Generation of Villainous Women, From Witches to Wicked Stepmothers

    By Alexis Gunderson  May 16, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

    By Caroline Fraser  May 16, 2019
    Domestic Violence

    Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

    By Lacy M. Johnson  May 15, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Mrs. Dalloway

    By Emily Temple  May 14, 2019
    Rediscoveries

    Joanna Scutts on How We Find—and Lose—Women Writers

    By Joanna Scutts  May 13, 2019
    Biopix and Chill

    16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  May 8, 2019
    Storytelling

    What Would It Mean to Live in
    a World Without Stories?

    By Alexis Wright  May 8, 2019
    Fairytales

    Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

    By Rebecca Solnit  May 7, 2019
    On Poetry

    On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

    By Patricia M. Dwyer  May 7, 2019
    Appreciations

    Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

    By Gerður Kristný  May 7, 2019
    Whiteness

    What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

    By Nam Le  May 6, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

    By Tobias Carroll  May 3, 2019
    Fathers and Daughters

    Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

    By Anjelica Huston  May 3, 2019
    Annotations

    Finnegan’s Wake at 80:
    In Defense of the Difficult

    By Susie Lopez  May 3, 2019
    Modern Classics

    Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

    By Eileen Myles  May 2, 2019
    The Hub

    Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here’s a gift: a classic review of Catch-22.

    By Katie Yee  May 1, 2019
    Geniuses

    On the Great Clarice Lispector

    By Benjamin Moser  April 30, 2019
    School Days

    On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

    By Michael Knight  April 30, 2019
    Bodice Ripping

    Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

    By Robert Morrison  April 30, 2019
    Shakespeare

    Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
    Writing About Religion?

    By Jonathan Bate  April 30, 2019
    What to Read

    Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite
    Stories This Month

    By Literary Hub  April 30, 2019
    Super Heroes

    Monster or Marvel? A Disabled Life in
    a Superhero Universe

    By Amanda Leduc  April 26, 2019
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