• Literary Criticism

    Pastoralism

    On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

    By Oscar Oswald  October 22, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List

    By Katherine May  October 22, 2021
    Poets

    Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

    By Sara B. Franklin  October 21, 2021
    Classic Novels

    The Perpetual Timeliness of Tess of the D’Urbervilles

    By Janet Beard  October 21, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

    By The Maris Review  October 21, 2021
    Craft and Criticism

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 21, 2021
    This is a Quiz

    Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

    By Emily Temple  October 20, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, Dracula, and The Bloody Chamber

    By Book Marks  October 20, 2021
    WMFA

    “I Did Not Want Her Name to Be Synonymous with Madness.” Heather Clark on Writing Sylvia Plath

    By WMFA   October 20, 2021
    Rural America

    White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

    By Brad Kessler  October 20, 2021
    Reading

    On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

    By Dodie Bellamy  October 20, 2021
    Reading Lists

    8 Great Novels That Take Place Over the Course of a Day

    By Sonya Huber  October 19, 2021
    Narrative Structures

    Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 19, 2021
    Lit Century

    How Photography Shaped Wright Morris’s Fiction

    By Lit Century   October 19, 2021
    Coming of Age

    Seeking Solace in Go Ask Alice as a Queer Teen

    By Nathan Smith  October 19, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 19, 2021
    What to Read Next

    TaraShea Nesbit on Tove Jansson, Matilda, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    By Book Marks  October 19, 2021
    Old English

    On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

    By Mary Wellesley  October 19, 2021
    new books tuesday

    16 new books to look for this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 19, 2021
    Journalism

    Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

    By Nickolas Butler  October 18, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    “The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2021
    Neuroscience

    On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

    By Louise Fein  October 18, 2021
    First Draft

    Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 18, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

    By History of Literature  October 18, 2021
    Theater

    Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

    By Bryan Doerries  October 18, 2021
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