• Literary Criticism

    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
    Otherppl

    Charmaine Craig on “Working in Miniature” and the Value of Concision

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 7, 2023
    Deep Time

    What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

    By Martin Puchner  February 7, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Ursula Villarreal-Moura on the Magic That Happens in Good Flash Fiction 

    By I'm a Writer But   February 7, 2023
    First Draft

    Katherine Standefer on the Careful Conversations Required of Writing Memoir

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 7, 2023
    What to Watch

    Literary Dispatches from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

    By Jihane Bousfiha  February 6, 2023
    On Poetry

    Queer Correspondence: On the Radical Potential of Epistolary Poetry

    By Madeleine Cravens  February 6, 2023
    In Conversation

    Bedtime Stories From Toni Morrison: Priscilla Gilman on Her Singular Literary Upbringing

    By Lauren LeBlanc  February 6, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Who Really Was Margaret Fuller Before Her Sudden Death?

    By History of Literature  February 6, 2023
    American History

    Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    By Kwame Dawes  February 6, 2023
    Film & TV

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in February

    By Emily Temple  February 3, 2023
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