The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on the Rich Oral Traditions
of Her People

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

Why It's Worth Reading T.S. Eliot's <em>The Waste Land</em> (Even When It's a Slog)

Why It's Worth Reading T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (Even When It's a Slog)

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 8, 2020

<em>The Death of Vivek Oji</em> by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Yetide Badaki and Chukwudi Iwuji

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Yetide Badaki and Chukwudi Iwuji

An Impressive Production of an Unforgettable Audiobook

By Behind the Mic | September 8, 2020

William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life's Smaller Moments

William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life's Smaller Moments

Sonny Brewer Remembers His Friend, a Master of the Southern Gothic

By Sonny Brewer | September 4, 2020

On the Children's Book So Bad, So Inauthentic... It Was Good?

On the Children's Book So Bad, So Inauthentic... It Was Good?

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 4, 2020

"Will I Come to a Miserable End?" Jenny Erpenbeck on Thomas Mann

"He succeeds in inverting the order of farce and tragedy."

By Jenny Erpenbeck | September 3, 2020

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A University Press Looks Back on a Century of Publishing

By Literary Hub | September 3, 2020

The 45 Best Bad Amazon Reviews of In Cold Blood

By Emily Temple | September 2, 2020

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By Reading Women | September 2, 2020

When a 13th-Century Essay Hits Close to Home

When a 13th-Century Essay Hits Close to Home

Literary Disco Discusses "Hojoki: or, An Account of My Hut"

By Literary Disco | September 1, 2020

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

R. F. Foster on the Poet's Roots, Influences, and Individuality

By R. F. Foster | August 31, 2020

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

For Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Strangeness Was a
Matter of Perspective

By Caryl Emerson | August 31, 2020

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) <em>Anna Karenina</em>

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) Anna Karenina

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 31, 2020

She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

Heather O'Neill Discovers Many Ways to See the Self in Mrs Dalloway

By Heather O'Neill | August 28, 2020

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Eric Weiner on Reading Sei Shōnagon

By Eric Weiner | August 28, 2020

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

The Author of Natural History in Conversation with Juan Toledo

By Juan Toledo | August 28, 2020

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