• Literary Criticism

    Reading Lists

    Dispatches From a Microlanguage: An Icelandic Reading List

    By Thora Hjörleifsdóttir, translated by Larissa Kyzer  July 12, 2021
    Literary Icons

    Endings That Change Everything: On Alice Munro’s Literary Innovations

    By Elizabeth Poliner  July 9, 2021
    Criticism

    A World Beyond Our Skin: Jenny Erpenbeck and the Potential of Fiction

    By Robert Rubsam  July 9, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

    By Corinne Segal  July 9, 2021
    Trivia

    100 Literary Jeopardy Clues from Real Episodes of Jeopardy!

    By Emily Temple  July 9, 2021
    Jewish Literature

    What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

    By Ilan Stavans  July 9, 2021
    Book Dreams

    You Want Me to Read What?

    By Book Dreams  July 9, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

    By The Maris Review  July 8, 2021
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This July

    By Literary Hub  July 8, 2021
    Symbolism

    In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

    By Austin Ratner  July 8, 2021
    new books tuesday

    21 new books to keep your summer reading going strong.

    By Katie Yee  July 7, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the Paradox of the Holocaust in W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants

    By Lit Century   July 7, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On the Power of the “Unlinked” Story Collection

    By Chris Stuck  July 7, 2021
    Storytelling

    How Many “Types” of Stories Are There? And Can They Save Us?

    By David Chrisinger  July 7, 2021
    Parents

    Surviving Tough Love: Growing Up as the Child of Chinese Immigrants

    By Elina Zhang  July 7, 2021
    Reading Women

    Reading Women Recommends Books by Palestinian Women

    By Reading Women  July 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

    By Jonny Diamond  July 6, 2021
    2021

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two

    By Literary Hub  July 6, 2021
    Queer Literature

    On E.M. Forster’s Maurice and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

    By William di Canzio  July 6, 2021
    Women's History

    A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

    By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi  July 6, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Claudia Laitano on the Life and Legacy of Machado de Assis

    By History of Literature  July 6, 2021
    Keen On

    Elisa Gabbert on Living in a Era of Eternal Apocalypse

    By Keen On  July 2, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

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

    By Emily Temple  July 2, 2021
    Craft

    “Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

    By Brett Biebel  July 2, 2021
    Reading

    On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

    By Will Self  July 2, 2021
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