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<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

Reading Women Recommends Books That Center Black Joy

Featuring Leah Johnson, Alecia McKenzie, and Lupita Nyong'o

By Reading Women | February 3, 2021

What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s <em>The Designated Mourner</em>

What Can an Intellectual Do? On Wallace Shawn’s The Designated Mourner

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | February 2, 2021

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

Sheila Heti on the British Philosopher's Memoir, Germs

By Sheila Heti | February 2, 2021

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's

Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's "The Neighbors"

Julia, Rider, and Tod on the Artful Short Story

By Literary Disco | February 2, 2021

Who Are the Mean Girls<br> in Literature?

Who Are the Mean Girls
in Literature?

Ellie Eaton Names Caroline Bingely, Vittoria, and Many More

By Ellie Eaton | February 1, 2021

How Should a Person Write <br>About the Internet?

How Should a Person Write
About the Internet?

On Debut Novels by Lauren Oyler and Patricia Lockwood

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
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Searching for Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Would-Be Suitor, Tom Lefroy

By History of Literature | February 1, 2021

10 pictures of young Chekhov, ranked by hotness.

By Jonny Diamond | January 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books
of the Month

By Book Marks | January 29, 2021

‘But I Will Write Anyway.’ Teaching the Anti-Racist Writing Workshop

‘But I Will Write Anyway.’ Teaching the Anti-Racist Writing Workshop

Helen Betya Rubinstein in Conversation with Felicia Rose Chavez

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | January 28, 2021

In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

Mark de Silva: “That language fails to capture experience is no cause for disappointment.”

By Mark de Silva | January 27, 2021

Growth, Loss, and a Mailbox Mystery: 13 Years in Gray’s River Valley

Growth, Loss, and a Mailbox Mystery: 13 Years in Gray’s River Valley

Robert Michael Pyle Reflects on the Life Cycles of a Place

By Robert Michael Pyle | January 27, 2021

<em>Reading Women</em>’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021

Reading Women’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021

(The First Half of the Year, That Is)

By Reading Women | January 27, 2021

Joan Didion: Why I Write

Joan Didion: Why I Write

"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means."

By Joan Didion | January 26, 2021

On the Ableist Attitudes That Framed V.C. Andrews as a Character in One of Her Novels

On the Ableist Attitudes That Framed V.C. Andrews as a Character in One of Her Novels

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | January 26, 2021

What’s Behind the Label ‘Domestic Fiction’?

What’s Behind the Label ‘Domestic Fiction’?

Soledad Fox Maura on Rethinking Genre

By Soledad Fox Maura | January 25, 2021

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