• Literary Criticism

    In Memoriam

    Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

    By Sara Camilli  May 7, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

    By Chanel Cleeton  May 7, 2021
    The Common

    Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

    By The Common  May 7, 2021
    Politics

    On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

    By Eddie S. Glaude Jr.  May 6, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

    By The Maris Review  May 6, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

    By NewberyTart   May 6, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
    Reclaim Joy

    By The Quarantine Tapes  May 5, 2021
    Thresholds

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

    By Thresholds   May 5, 2021
    Women Writers

    A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

    By Charlotte Whittle  May 5, 2021
    Reading Women

    Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

    By Reading Women  May 5, 2021
    Folk Music

    Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

    By Ryan Bradley  May 5, 2021
    Punctuation

    The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

    By Emily Temple  May 4, 2021
    new books tuesday

    23 new books to dig into this week.

    By Katie Yee  May 4, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

    By Lit Century   May 4, 2021
    Book Origins

    A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

    By Chris Power  May 4, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

    By Kavita Bedford  May 3, 2021
    First Draft

    Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 3, 2021
    Literary History

    How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

    By Bethany Kaylor  May 3, 2021
    Nazis

    Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

    By Clayton Wickham  May 3, 2021
    Small Presses

    Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

    By Walker Caplan  May 3, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Salman Rushdie’s Devotion to the Art of Fiction

    By History of Literature  May 3, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

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

    By Emily Temple  April 30, 2021
    Literary Biographies

    Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

    By Ann McCutchan  April 30, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Scott Berg and Alex Belth on the Timelessness of Jon Bradshaw’s Journalism

    By The Literary Life  April 30, 2021
    The Writing Life

    The Long Road to Publication: An Interview with Anjali Enjeti

    By Devi S. Laskar  April 29, 2021
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