• Literary Criticism

    Feature

    Lolita: From Transgressive Lit to Pop Iconography

    By Rebecca Brill  August 18, 2015
    Criticism

    Badass Women of Polish Mythology

    By Adrienne Celt  August 7, 2015
    Expert opinion

    Peter Carey: Punk Rock Novelist

    By Alexander Chee  August 6, 2015
    Deep Dive

    In Defense of the Present Tense

    By Alexander Chee  August 5, 2015
    Essay

    The Deep, Dark Genius of Shirley Jackson

    By Dale Peck  August 4, 2015
    Criticism

    The Perpetual Now of Life on the Margins

    By Tobias Carroll  July 31, 2015
    Biography

    David Foster Wallace, Reluctant Movie Star

    By Bridget Read  July 30, 2015
    What to Read

    Laura Dave and the Deeper Beach Read

    By Elisabeth Donnelly  July 29, 2015
    Biography

    Finding Joy

    By Abigail Santamaria  July 29, 2015
    Criticism

    The Invention of the Modern Monster

    By Theodora Goss  July 28, 2015
    Essay

    In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  July 23, 2015
    Essay

    The Literary Period Piece: Forever Current

    By Sky Friedlander  July 22, 2015
    Close Reading

    Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

    By Tom Roberge  July 17, 2015
    Excerpts

    Ta-Nehisi Coates: Of Plunder and the Killing Fields

    By Ta-Nehisi Coates  July 16, 2015
    Close Reading

    Chekhov: A Writer for Grown Ups

    By Richard Ford  July 15, 2015
    Criticism

    Will ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Spoil ‘Mockingbird’?

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 14, 2015
    Criticism

    On Our Fascination with Twins

    By Nick Ripatrazone  July 14, 2015
    Excerpts

    The Top-Secret Cinema of Manuel Puig

    By Javier Montes  July 13, 2015
    Essay

    Nikola Tesla, An Alien Intelligence

    By Samantha Hunt  July 9, 2015
    Essay

    Desire Lines: From Slave Ships to the 9th Ward

    By Brenda Quant  July 8, 2015
    Deep Dive

    Ben Okri: Beyond Myth and Magic

    By Porochista Khakpour  July 7, 2015
    Essay

    “Call Me Ishmael”: At the Nantucket Book Festival

    By Michele Filgate  July 7, 2015
    What to Read

    Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World

    By Literary Hub  July 3, 2015
    Close Reading

    On the Surreal Genius of Kelly Link

    By Laura I. Miller  July 2, 2015
    Excerpts

    Toward a Desegregated Literature

    By Calvin Baker  July 1, 2015
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