• Literary Criticism

    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  October 20, 2022
    Micro

    Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

    By Micro   October 20, 2022
    The Literary Journal Archives

    “Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

    By Nick Ripatrazone  October 19, 2022
    Trans Memoir

    Telling Stories of the Trans Experience is More Important Than Ever

    By Veronica Esposito  October 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    A Million Voices: In the Praise of the Polyvocal Novel

    By Sara Lippmann  October 19, 2022
    Otherppl

    George Saunders: Why the Revision Process is Critical for Building Fictional Worlds

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 19, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

    By Literary Hub  October 18, 2022
    Solitude

    Why We Should Reach Out When We’re Lonely—Even If No One Answers

    By Ethan Chatagnier  October 18, 2022
    New Books Tuesdays

    13 new books to cling to this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 18, 2022
    First Draft

    Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 17, 2022
    Reading Lists

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

    By Dan Sheehan  October 14, 2022
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: On Dealing with Loss and Finding Community

    By Dorothea   October 14, 2022
    In Conversation

    75 Years of Goodnight Moon: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  October 14, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Ling Ma: Why Every Story Comes From an Entry Point of Wish Fulfillment

    By The Maris Review  October 13, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    A.M. Homes on Being—For Better or Worse—“a Very American Writer”

    By Literary Hub  October 13, 2022
    On Poetry

    Poetry and Social Class: Robert Pinsky on His Many Readings of Robert Lowell

    By Robert Pinsky  October 13, 2022
    Criticism

    Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?

    By A. Natasha Joukovsky  October 13, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 13, 2022
    On Poetry

    The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

    By Philip Metres  October 13, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    How Dostoevsky’s Classic Has Shaped Russia’s War in Ukraine, with Explaining Ukraine’s Tetyana Ogarkova and Volodymyr Yermolenko

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 13, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Lynn Melnick and Hafizah Augustus Geter Talk All Things Dolly Parton

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 13, 2022
    Poetry

    Life in a Distant Land: A Conversation with Poet Kathleen Rooney

    By Robert Puccinelli  October 12, 2022
    Thresholds

    Endnotes on Ghosts: Patrick Cottrell, Lynn Steger Strong, and More Voices from Thresholds

    By Thresholds   October 12, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Lydia Millet on Long Extinct Creatures and Boundaries Real and Imaginary

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 11, 2022
    Sci-Fi

    How Women Writers Speculated Fictional Futures Free From Patriarchal Control

    By Lisa Yaszek  October 11, 2022
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