A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s <em>The Call of the Wild</em>

A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild

“Jack London seems to possess an intuition of the dog life.”

By Book Marks | January 12, 2022

What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

By Jonny Diamond | January 11, 2022

21 new books coming your way this week.

21 new books coming your way this week.

By Katie Yee | January 11, 2022

Jericho Brown on Claude McKay’s Subversive, Foundational Poems of Love and Protest

Jericho Brown on Claude McKay’s Subversive, Foundational Poems of Love and Protest

“In Harlem Shadows McKay used form to inscribe the fact of his own Blackness.”

By Jericho Brown | January 11, 2022

What Makes <em>The Princess Bride</em> Such a Great Movie?

What Makes The Princess Bride Such a Great Movie?

Chris Jones on Stories That Defy Labels

By Chris Jones | January 11, 2022

Why Do We Return to the Greek Myths Again and Again?

Why Do We Return to the Greek Myths Again and Again?

Charlotte Higgins and Stacey Swann on the Perpetual Relevance of the Classics

By Literary Hub | January 11, 2022

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  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
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The Creative Power of Rage: On Fictionalizing the Lives of Righteously Violent Historical Women

By Gwen E. Kirby | January 11, 2022

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

By Teddy Wayne | January 11, 2022

Vision Quest: On Trying to Define the Great American Novel

By Jonathan Evison | January 10, 2022

Learning From <em>Almanac of the Dead</em>, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Learning From Almanac of the Dead, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Lou Cornum on Leslie Marmon Silko's Magnum Opus

By Lou Cornum | January 10, 2022

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

Andre Bagoo Looks Back on Some Very Earthly Attachments

By Andre Bagoo | January 10, 2022

Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

Lynn Steger Strong in Conversation with Taylor Harris

By Lynn Steger Strong | January 10, 2022

A Literary History of Dragons

A Literary History of Dragons

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 10, 2022

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Jenni Fagan, Jean Chen Ho, Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague, Alessandro Barbero, and more

By Book Marks | January 7, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Europa Editions

Interview with an Indie Press: Europa Editions

On Publishing for a Global Audience

By Corinne Segal | January 7, 2022

Xochitl Gonzalez on the Emotional Toll of Success

Xochitl Gonzalez on the Emotional Toll of Success

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 6, 2022

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