• Literary Criticism

    Deep Dive

    Elena Ferrante: Master of the Epic Anti-Epic

    By Aaron Bady  September 2, 2015
    Essay

    Paul Auster is Speaking Directly to Me Through His Books

    By Mark Andrew Ferguson  September 2, 2015
    Essay

    A Literary History of the Nose

    By Dustin Illingworth  September 1, 2015
    Essay

    We Need Diverse Diverse Books

    By Matthew Salesses  August 31, 2015
    Essay

    One of the All-Time Great One-Hit Wonder Novels

    By Aaron Gilbreath  August 28, 2015
    Criticism

    In Praise of the New Modernists

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  August 26, 2015
    Criticism

    A History of Encounters with The Lover

    By Laura van den Berg  August 25, 2015
    Criticism

    Reclaiming David Foster Wallace from the Lit-Bros

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  August 20, 2015
    Conversation

    On the Intense Power of Literary Friendship

    By Literary Hub  August 20, 2015
    Short story writers

    American Women: Masters of the Short Story

    By Bridget Read  August 19, 2015
    Conversation

    Ottessa Moshfegh: What It Means to Be a Voice in the World

    By Tobias Carroll  August 18, 2015
    Feature

    Lolita: From Transgressive Lit to Pop Iconography

    By Rebecca Brill  August 18, 2015
    Criticism

    Badass Women of Polish Mythology

    By Adrienne Celt  August 7, 2015
    Expert opinion

    Peter Carey: Punk Rock Novelist

    By Alexander Chee  August 6, 2015
    Deep Dive

    In Defense of the Present Tense

    By Alexander Chee  August 5, 2015
    Essay

    The Deep, Dark Genius of Shirley Jackson

    By Dale Peck  August 4, 2015
    Criticism

    The Perpetual Now of Life on the Margins

    By Tobias Carroll  July 31, 2015
    Biography

    David Foster Wallace, Reluctant Movie Star

    By Bridget Read  July 30, 2015
    What to Read

    Laura Dave and the Deeper Beach Read

    By Elisabeth Donnelly  July 29, 2015
    Biography

    Finding Joy

    By Abigail Santamaria  July 29, 2015
    Criticism

    The Invention of the Modern Monster

    By Theodora Goss  July 28, 2015
    Essay

    In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  July 23, 2015
    Essay

    The Literary Period Piece: Forever Current

    By Sky Friedlander  July 22, 2015
    Close Reading

    Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

    By Tom Roberge  July 17, 2015
    Excerpts

    Ta-Nehisi Coates: Of Plunder and the Killing Fields

    By Ta-Nehisi Coates  July 16, 2015
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