• Literary Criticism

    BookTok

    BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

    By Leigh Stein  February 13, 2023
    Close Reading

    Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

    By Ann Beattie  February 13, 2023
    Surrealism

    Five Surreal Works of Fiction You Probably Haven’t Read… and Slaughterhouse-Five

    By Isabel Waidner  February 13, 2023
    Harlem Renaissance

    Why Harlem? Considering the Site of “Civil Rights by Copyright,” 100 Years Later

    By Bo McMillan  February 13, 2023
    First Draft

    Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 13, 2023
    What to Watch

    In Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Shyamalan’s Twist is the Lack of a Twist

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  February 10, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  February 10, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

    By Helen Sword  February 10, 2023
    Animals

    The Strangest Things Are the Truest: Laline Paull on Channeling a Dolphin’s Narrative Voice

    By Laline Paull  February 10, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  February 10, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Capturing What it Means to Live in Contemporary Nigeria

    By The Maris Review  February 9, 2023
    Literary Biography

    The Coming-of-Age Tale As Societal Critique: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar at 60

    By Heather Clark  February 9, 2023
    Therapy

    On the Uncertain Border Between Writing and Therapy

    By Veronica Esposito  February 9, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Lives of the Wives: Carmela Ciuraru on Marriage, Writing, and Equity

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 9, 2023
    Language

    Reveling in the Untranslatable: On the Beauty and Complexity of the German Language

    By Jude Stewart  February 9, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: For Lovers In the Exact Wrong Time and Place

    By Dorothea   February 9, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 9, 2023
    Otherppl

    “I’m the Only One in the Room with the Page.” Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on Writing the Sophomore Novel

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 9, 2023
    Thresholds

    Big News at Thresholds: Introducing Guest Host Mira Jacob

    By Thresholds   February 8, 2023
    On Translation

    Two of the Best Translators in the Business Are Married (to Each Other) and Up For the Same Literary Award

    By Jonny Diamond  February 8, 2023
    What to Watch

    Ann Napolitano on Seeing Her Book Dear Edward Adapted for TV

    By Ann Napolitano  February 8, 2023
    Literary History

    An Unequal Partnership: On the Marriage of Kingsley Amis and Jane Howard

    By Carmela Ciuraru  February 8, 2023
    The Literary Salon

    Michael Rosen Reads from His New Memoir Getting Better

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  February 8, 2023
    The Hub

    23 new books to get at your local indie today.

    By Katie Yee  February 7, 2023
    Remembrances

    Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer

    By Colin Groundwater  February 7, 2023
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