• Literary Criticism

    Remembrances

    Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

    Andrew Holter on Executorship, Archives, and Literary Labors

     
    By Andrew Holter  April 29, 2025
    Writing About Family

    Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

    By Nin Andrews  April 29, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Sophie Gilbert! Craig Thompson! Crazy Rich Ghanaians! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 29, 2025
    In Conversation

    Forrest Gander on Waiting to Publish, Gateway Poems, and C.D. Wright’s Brilliant Work

    By Literary Hub  April 28, 2025
    Inspiration

    What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

    By Cutter Wood  April 28, 2025
    Biology

    Science in America is Going Dark:
    On Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 25, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 25, 2025
    Female Friendship

    In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

    By Ginny Hogan  April 25, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 24, 2025
    In Conversation

    Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life

    Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Accidentals”

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 29, 2025
    Close Readings

    Lucia Berlin vs. Raymond Carver:
    Who Is the Real Patron Saint of Realism?

    By Julien C. Levy  April 23, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Writing With Four Hands: Anne and Claire Berest on Writing a Novel Together as Sisters

    By Literary Hub  April 23, 2025
    Psychedelics

    The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

    By Susannah Cahalan  April 23, 2025
    The Cosmic Library

    The Cosmic Library on How Dostoevsky’s Fiction Surpassed Dostoevsky

    Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

    By The Cosmic Library   April 23, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Radhika Jones on Change

    By The Critic and Her Publics   April 22, 2025
    Palestine

    Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

    By Sarah Aziza  April 22, 2025
    In Conversation

    Lydia Millet on the Challenges of Writing In the Here and Now

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 22, 2025
    On Poetry

    A Mystic, a Poet, an Old Friend: Haleh Liza Gafori on the Enduring Power of Rumi

    “In the midst of life’s challenges, his lines are lifelines.”

    By Haleh Liza Gafori  April 22, 2025
    Cancer

    Of Malady and Mortality: Five Books to Read When Your Spouse Is Diagnosed with Cancer

    By Ariel Gore  April 21, 2025
    Best Short Stories 2025

    Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

    By Jenny Minton Quigley  April 21, 2025
    On Poetry

    On the Enduring Power of Charles Reznikoff’s Holocaust, 50 Years Later

    By Nick Ripatrazone  April 18, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    Featuring Jonathan Coe, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Robert Crumb, and More

    By Book Marks  April 18, 2025
    Coming of Age

    Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

    By Emily Everett  April 18, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Writers Are Assholes?

    By Kristen Arnett  April 17, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jodie Hare on the Politics of Neurodiversity

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 24, 2025
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