• Literary Criticism

    On Translation

    In Praise of the Singular “They”
    in Literary Translation

    By Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler  May 14, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Tin House

    By Corinne Segal  May 14, 2021
    New Books Network

    Bonnie MacBird on Expanding the Canon of Sherlock and Watson

    By New Books Network  May 14, 2021
    Jane Austen

    Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Jane Austen?

    By Joshua Raff  May 13, 2021
    The Writing Life

    When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

    By Rachel Eisendrath  May 13, 2021
    African American Literature

    Tayari Jones on The Women of Brewster Place, Nearly Forty Years Later

    By Tayari Jones  May 13, 2021
    Reading Women

    Elissa Washuta on Composing the Three-Act Structure of Her Essay Collection

    By Reading Women  May 13, 2021
    On Poetry

    A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

    By Nandana Dev Sen  May 13, 2021
    Red Ink Series

    Live at the Red Ink Series: How Desire Propels the Writing Life

    By Literary Hub  May 13, 2021
    Thresholds

    Rachel Kushner: Everything Behind You Is Part of Your Present Tense

    By Thresholds   May 12, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Half Lives and Long Drives:
    An Interview with Anne Carson and Robert Currie

    By Sara Elkamel  May 12, 2021
    Ancient History

    Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

    By Ian Dreiblatt  May 12, 2021
    NewberyTart

    On the Missing Racial History in Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee

    By NewberyTart   May 12, 2021
    Literary Math

    What Are the Most Discussed Books on the Internet?

    By Emily Temple  May 11, 2021
    Nordic Literature

    The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

    By Egill Bjarnason  May 11, 2021
    Craft

    Joan Silber on Writing Double Maneuvers and Deception

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 11, 2021
    Lit Century

    Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

    By Lit Century   May 11, 2021
    new books tuesday

    22 new books to get you through the week.

    By Katie Yee  May 11, 2021
    Literary Disco

    In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book,
    Being Mortal

    By Literary Disco  May 11, 2021
    Film and TV

    Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

    By Veronica Esposito  May 10, 2021
    Graphic Memoir

    Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and The Secret to Superhuman Strength

    By Corinne Segal  May 10, 2021
    Interview with a Poet

    Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

    By Chelsea Hodson  May 10, 2021
    Plot

    What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

    By Rónán Hession  May 10, 2021
    Science fiction

    A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

    By Andrew Ridker  May 7, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

    By The Literary Life  May 7, 2021
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