• Literary Criticism

    Japanese Literature

    Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

    By Lauren Groff  February 7, 2022
    Film

    Is Wonder Boys the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

    By Ryan Chapman  February 4, 2022
    Letters

    The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

    By Daniel Black  February 4, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Beacon Press

    By Corinne Segal  February 4, 2022
    Solitude

    On the Moral and Metaphysical Significance of Aloneness

    By Sumana Roy  February 3, 2022
    Craft

    Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

    By Bernardine Evaristo  February 3, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 3, 2022
    Chronic Illness

    On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind The Flowers in the Attic

    By Andrew Neiderman  February 3, 2022
    The Classics

    Ulysses Turns 100!

    By Literary Hub  February 2, 2022
    Motherhood

    On The Lost Daughter, Vladimir, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

    By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore  February 2, 2022
    Black Girlhood

    The Meaningful Mundane:
    6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

    By Kai Harris  February 2, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Tom Cooper on Moby-Dick, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  February 2, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books to hunker down with this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 1, 2022
    In Memoriam

    The Sacred and Profane: Revisiting a 2018 Interview with Giancarlo DiTrapano

    By Chiara Barzini  February 1, 2022
    On Translation

    The Order of Things: Jennifer Croft on Translating Olga Tokarczuk

    By Jennifer Croft  February 1, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

    By Lucy Scholes  February 1, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  February 1, 2022
    American Classics

    How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of The Great Gatsby

    By Jillian Cantor  February 1, 2022
    True Crime

    Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

    By Matt Mitchell  January 31, 2022
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  January 31, 2022
    Children's Literature

    Children’s Books That Double As Self-Help: A Reading List

    By J.M. Farkas  January 31, 2022
    Adaptations

    “A Syrupy Love-Fest.” On the Blasphemous Disneyfication of Felix Salten’s Bambi

    By Jack Zipes  January 31, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Why Should We Read Anything by John Milton Today?

    By History of Literature  January 31, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of January

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2022
    The Writing Life

    The Courage to Write: On the Radical Generosity of Letting Yourself Be Seen

    By Robin Marie MacArthur  January 28, 2022
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