Elizabeth Strout on Inhabiting Her Characters and Writing Directly

Elizabeth Strout on Inhabiting Her Characters and Writing Directly

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Oh William!

By Jane Ciabattari | November 2, 2021

Announcing the New Season of <em>The Cosmic Library</em>

Announcing the New Season of The Cosmic Library

Join Us As We Explore 1,001 Nights

By Finnegan and Friends | November 2, 2021

How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping

How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping

Stuart Jeffries on the Algorithm and the Illusion of Choice

By Stuart Jeffries | November 1, 2021

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

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

Lucinda Rosenfeld Has Some Questions

By Lucinda Rosenfeld | November 1, 2021

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

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

Considering the Dark Horrors of Stephen Crane’s “An Episode of War”

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

Tana French on James Baldwin, <em>Watership Down</em>, and Hating Hawthorne

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

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of The Searcher

By Book Marks | November 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

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

By History of Literature | November 1, 2021

“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

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

By Tyler Malone | October 29, 2021

How Horror Mirrors the Irrevocability of Grief

How Horror Mirrors the Irrevocability of Grief

Gus Moreno on the Power of Sitting in Dread

By Gus Moreno | October 29, 2021

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Jonathan Franzen, Elizabeth Strout, John le Carré, Rebecca Solnit, David Sedaris, and More

By Book Marks | October 29, 2021

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

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

Chaya Bhuvaneswar on How Books Sustain Mental Health Professionals

By Chaya Bhuvaneswar | October 29, 2021

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

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

Nina Jankowicz Recommends Books to Help Us Battle Fake News

By Nina Jankowicz | October 28, 2021

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

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

George Orwell’s Roses, Jane Goodall’s Chimps, Rowan Jacobsen’s Truffle Hounds, and More

By Book Marks | October 28, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Works by Gary Shteyngart, Mary Gaitskill, Paul Auster, and more

By Book Marks | October 28, 2021

Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Lincoln Michel Goes Deep Into the Prose of America’s Pastime

By Lincoln Michel | October 28, 2021

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