• Literary Criticism

    The Maris Review

    Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

    By The Maris Review  January 20, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 20, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 20, 2022
    Essential Reading

    My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

    By Susan DeFreitas  January 19, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

    By Book Marks  January 19, 2022
    Literary Friendships

    Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

    By Charles J. Shields  January 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Blurry Boundaries of Sibling Intimacy: A Reading List

    By Sara Freeman  January 18, 2022
    Life in a Pandemic

    Watching My Neighbor Totoro on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

    By Anri Wheeler  January 18, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Elizabeth McCracken on Anna Karenina, Yiyun Li, and Hating The Velveteen Rabbit

    By Book Marks  January 18, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Mallory Smart on Her Multilayered Career as an Author and Publisher

    By I'm a Writer But   January 18, 2022
    Literary History

    Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

    By Jeffrey C. Stewart  January 18, 2022
    Literary Journals

    Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century

    By Literary Hub  January 18, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 14, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  January 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    “A Poetic Vision of God.” On an Astounding 1903 Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke

    By History of Literature  January 14, 2022
    Animals

    Books That Showcase the Bond Between Horses and Riders

    By Mimi Matthews  January 14, 2022
    Criticism

    Stories vs Ideas:
    Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

    By David Hollander  January 13, 2022
    Adaptations

    Please, Mr. Postman: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

    By Matthew Eng  January 13, 2022
    Best Reviews of the Week

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 13, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Cynthia Dewi Oka and Jenny Zhang on Writing and Honoring the Unassimilable

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 13, 2022
    Craft and Criticism

    A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild

    By Book Marks  January 12, 2022
    The Hub

    What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

    By Jonny Diamond  January 11, 2022
    new books tuesday

    21 new books coming your way this week.

    By Katie Yee  January 11, 2022
    On Poetry

    Jericho Brown on Claude McKay’s Subversive, Foundational Poems of Love and Protest

    By Jericho Brown  January 11, 2022
    Film

    What Makes The Princess Bride Such a Great Movie?

    By Chris Jones  January 11, 2022
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