On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

Julia Sanches Considers the Poetry of Eva Baltasar’s Prose

By Julia Sanches | April 16, 2021

6 Latin American Novels That Changed How We Think<br> of Fiction

6 Latin American Novels That Changed How We Think
of Fiction

Bruno Lloret Recommends Books Juan Rulfo, Jose Donoso, and More

By Bruno Lloret and Ellen Jones | April 15, 2021

On the Watery Language of <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

On the Watery Language of Finnegans Wake

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 15, 2021

How Ashley Bryan’s 40-Year Secret Inspired the Category-Defying <em>Infinite Hope</em>

How Ashley Bryan’s 40-Year Secret Inspired the Category-Defying Infinite Hope

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | April 15, 2021

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

On the Literature of Rewilding… and the Need to Rewild Literature

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones Finds Non-Human Perspectives in Max Porter, Sarah Hall, Daisy Johnson, and More

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | April 14, 2021

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em>Midnight’s Children</em>, <br>Forty Years Later

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

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Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

By Jonathan Lethem | April 14, 2021

Bolu Babalola on Love as a Guiding Force That Illuminates Our Humanity

By Rasheeda Saka | April 14, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

On the Absolute Chaos of Modern Dating: A Reading List

On the Absolute Chaos of Modern Dating: A Reading List

Katherine Heiny Recommends Raven Leilani, Helen Fielding, and More

By Katherine Heiny | April 14, 2021

On Domestic Labor and Freedom in <em>Excellent Women</em>

On Domestic Labor and Freedom in Excellent Women

V.V. Ganeshananthan Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 13, 2021

17 new books to find at your local library.

17 new books to find at your local library.

By Katie Yee | April 13, 2021

Five Ways to Read Henry James

Five Ways to Read Henry James

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 12, 2021

Bio-Waste: How Important Are Author Bios Anyway?

Bio-Waste: How Important Are Author Bios Anyway?

Jason Guriel Finds Major Meaning in Minor Texts

By Jason Guriel | April 12, 2021

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Broader Narrative of
Black Women’s Intellectualism

By Shanna Greene Benjamin | April 12, 2021

On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

“The first experience of literary love tends, like the first experience of erotic love, to come in youth.”

By Mark Edmundson | April 9, 2021

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