• Literary Criticism

    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Procrastination or Research? Curtis Sittenfeld Clicks Over to Celebrity Gossip While Writing

    By Literary Hub  April 5, 2023
    Workshop

    Intrigue, Not Critique: On the “Portrait of the Artist” Feedback Model

    By Florence Gonsalves and Matthew Vollmer  April 5, 2023
    Humanism

    Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

    By Sarah Bakewell  April 5, 2023
    The Literary Salon

    Max Porter Reads from His New Novel Shy

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  April 5, 2023
    Thresholds

    J Wortham on the Power of Changes

    By Thresholds   April 5, 2023
    On Poetry

    Poets Jennifer Michael Hecht and Matthew Zapruder on Wonder, the Secular Sacred, and the Surprising Power of “Once Upon a Time”

    By Matthew Zapruder  April 5, 2023
    Experimental Memoir

    Time and Materials: On the Art of the Experimental Memoir

    By John West  April 5, 2023
    new books tuesday

    23 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 4, 2023
    Trees

    Another World is Possible: On the Universal Language of Trees

    By Katie Holten  April 4, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Charles Frazier on How the Past Converses With the Present

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 4, 2023
    Book Covers

    Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Cover of His New Memoir

    By Viet Thanh Nguyen  April 4, 2023
    Theater History

    The Revolutionary Power of Palestinian Theater

    By Isabella Hammad  April 4, 2023
    So Many Damn Books

    Kelly Link on Short Stories Cannibalizing Her Novel Ideas

    By So Many Damn Books  April 4, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    From Arthuriana to Space Opera: April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  April 3, 2023
    First Draft

    Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 3, 2023
    On Poetry

    Fabio Pusterla on Discovering a Lifelong Love of Poetry

    By Fabio Pusterla and Will Schutt  April 3, 2023
    The Booker Revisited

    On the Nested Worlds of Novelist Marina Warner

    By Lucy Scholes  April 3, 2023
    In Memoriam

    Dubravka Ugrešić’s Translators Remember Her

    By Literary Hub  April 3, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Who Was the Man Behind Oscar Wilde’s Downfall?

    By History of Literature  April 3, 2023
    Paperbacks

    20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 31, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    How One Young Screenwriter Snagged the Rights to Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

    By Amy Paturel  March 31, 2023
    Author Interviews

    How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

    By Michael Silverblatt  March 31, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Grant Faulkner on Capturing the Essence of a Short Story

    By Grant Faulkner  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

    By Olivia Rutigliano  March 31, 2023
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