• Literary Criticism

    Food History

    When Life Gives You Lemons, It’s a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

    By Jean Huang  October 1, 2021
    News and Culture

    Rooney, Powers, Whitehead… Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books

    By Book Marks  October 1, 2021
    Reading Lists

    A Spooky, Witchy Reading List to Kick off Scary Season

    By Fire Lyte  October 1, 2021
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This September and October

    By Corinne Segal  October 1, 2021
    Open Source

    A Ghost in His Own Life: Colm Tóibín on the Great Thomas Mann

    By Open Source  October 1, 2021
    News and Culture

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of September

    By Book Marks  October 1, 2021
    Rejection

    How to Deal with Rejection (and Get Revenge) Like Edgar Allan Poe

    By Catherine Baab-Muguira  September 30, 2021
    Paperbacks

    17 Great Titles That Come Out in Paperback This October

    By Arianna Rebolini  September 30, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

    By Book Marks  September 30, 2021
    Thresholds

    Andrew Martin on the Fine Line Between Autofiction and Autobiographical Fiction

    By Thresholds   September 29, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

    By Book Marks  September 29, 2021
    The Hub

    13 new books to look forward to this week.

    By Katie Yee  September 29, 2021
    Lit Century

    On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic Lucy

    By Lit Century   September 28, 2021
    On Translation

    On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

    By Ari Honarvar  September 28, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

    By So Many Damn Books  September 28, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    Grief

    Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

    By Christopher Sorrentino  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

    By Book Marks  September 27, 2021
    Fascism

    Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

    By Lauren Arrington  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

    By Megan Milks  September 27, 2021
    Theater

    On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

    By Casey Kayser  September 27, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

    By History of Literature  September 27, 2021
    The Hub

    Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

    By Jonny Diamond  September 24, 2021
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