• Literary Criticism

    The History of Literature

    Literary Remixes: From Little Women to the New Testament

    By History of Literature  November 15, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  November 12, 2021
    Literary Disco

    How Has Literature Changed Over the Past Ten Years?

    By Literary Disco  November 12, 2021
    Family Drama

    Loose Lips and Sunken Ships: How Family Secrets Can Protect or Destroy

    By Patricia Dunn  November 12, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 11, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Amitava Kumar on Writing Fiction in a World of Fake News

    By The Maris Review  November 11, 2021
    Cities

    The Accidental Origins of the “Subway Book Review”

    By Uli Beutter Cohen  November 11, 2021
    Book Dreams

    “I’m Not Following the Rules of the American Western.” Tom Lin on Subverting a Genre

    By Book Dreams  November 11, 2021
    Narrative Structures

    In Praise of the Meander: Rebecca Solnit on Letting Nonfiction Narrative Find Its Own Way

    By Rebecca Solnit  November 10, 2021
    Thresholds

    Gregory Pardlo on Trusting What’s on the Other Side of Sobriety… and Poetry

    By Thresholds   November 10, 2021
    Rereadings

    On Slaughterhouse-Five, the “Ultimate PTSD Novel”

    By Tom Roston  November 10, 2021
    Friendship

    How Philip Roth Taught Me To Write—And Heal

    By Alexandra Marshall  November 10, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    “It Will Outrage As Many Readers As It Delights.” On Joseph Heller’s Catch-22

    By Book Marks  November 10, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and Goodnight Moon as Avant-Garde Horror

    By Book Marks  November 10, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Jasmine Warga on the Relationship Between Language and Her Hyphenated Identity

    By NewberyTart   November 10, 2021
    The Hub

    A close reading of an infamous poem on grief: Anne Sexton’s “The Truth the Dead Know.”

    By Snigdha Koirala  November 9, 2021
    new books tuesday

    19 new books to get at your local indie this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 9, 2021
    AI

    How Collaborating With Artificial Intelligence Could Help Writers of the Future

    By Drew Zeiba  November 9, 2021
    Recommended Reading

    “Every Page Holds an Answer.” Lily King on Shirley Hazzard’s The Evening of the Holiday

    By Lily King  November 9, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    How 1,001 Nights Opened Paths to Infinite Story Possibility

    By The Cosmic Library   November 9, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the History and Impact of the Groundbreaking Game Tetris

    By Lit Century   November 9, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Bill Fitzhugh on Finding Satire in the Serious

    By The Virtual Book Channel  November 9, 2021
    Middle Age

    Searching for Representations of Middle-Aged Women

    By Chibundu Onuzo  November 9, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books Talks All Things Horror

    By So Many Damn Books  November 9, 2021
    Travel Writing

    What the End of The Best American Travel Writing Says About Travel Writing—And About America

    By Thomas Swick  November 8, 2021
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