• Literary Criticism

    Writers in Conversation

    Matthew Binder on Making Sense of an Absurd World

    By D. Foy  May 16, 2023
    Write-minded

    Charif Shanahan: The Mystery Is the Clarity

    By Write-minded   May 16, 2023
    First Draft

    Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 15, 2023
    Shakespeare

    Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

    By Elizabeth Winkler  May 15, 2023
    History of Literature

    Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

    By History of Literature  May 15, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer’s Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

    By Mira Ptacin  May 15, 2023
    On Translation

    Like a Magic Trick: Tim Mohr on Being the Translator and Being Translated

    By Tim Mohr  May 15, 2023
    Mother's Day

    How To Write About Your Mother

    By Terry McDonell  May 12, 2023
    Romance

    Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

    By Rosalynn Tyo  May 12, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

    By Sam Leith  May 12, 2023
    Mother's Day

    “They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

    By Jennifer Banks  May 12, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

    By Laura Valenza  May 12, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

    By Charles Yu  May 11, 2023
    Keen On

    Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

    By Keen On  May 11, 2023
    Close Readings

    The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

    By John N. Maclean  May 11, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 11, 2023
    Otherppl

    Isabella Hammad on Finding Inspiration in Hamlet

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 11, 2023
    The Maris Review

    A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

    By The Maris Review  May 11, 2023
    Reading Lists

    What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

    By Just the Right Book   May 11, 2023
    Art History

    On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

    By C.E. McGill  May 10, 2023
    On Theater

    How Hamnet the Play Rehabilitates Shakespeare’s Wife

    By Andrew Quintana  May 10, 2023
    Historical Fiction

    Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

    By Jo Baker  May 10, 2023
    Songwriting

    Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor

    By Warren Zanes  May 10, 2023
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