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On the Role of Zen Buddhism in the Stories of J.D. Salinger

On the Role of Zen Buddhism in the Stories of J.D. Salinger

Avram Alpert Looks Closely at Franny and Zooey

By Avram Alpert | April 7, 2021

Why Adults Should Read More Middle Grade Books

Why Adults Should Read More Middle Grade Books

Afoma Umesi Guests on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | April 7, 2021

Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2021

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

Tyrese L. Coleman Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 6, 2021

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

Steven Hall Recommends Jonathan Safran Foer,
Julio Cortazar, and More

By Steven Hall | April 6, 2021

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife<br> of Reading

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
of Reading

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 6, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

By Katie Yee | April 6, 2021

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

By Phillip Lopate | April 5, 2021

Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

By History of Literature | April 5, 2021

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

Glenn Dixon Talks Bootleg Stardust and His Favorite (Fake) Bands

By Glenn Dixon | April 5, 2021

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Cynthia L. Haven Celebrates the Life and Work of an Unsung Translator and Intellectual

By Cynthia L. Haven | April 5, 2021

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Sophia Stewart on Merry Levov and American Pastoral

By Sophia Stewart | April 2, 2021

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

Edward Hirsch Gives a Close Reading of Hayden's Unsentimental
Poem of Childhood

By Edward Hirsch | April 2, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

On Working Outside the Margins of Publishing

By Corinne Segal | April 2, 2021

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and<br> Elizabeth Bishop

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
Elizabeth Bishop

“Your long wonderful letter is here today.”

By James Merrill | April 1, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

During April Showers, Vaccine Lines, etc.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

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