Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2021

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

Tyrese L. Coleman Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 6, 2021

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

Steven Hall Recommends Jonathan Safran Foer,
Julio Cortazar, and More

By Steven Hall | April 6, 2021

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife<br> of Reading

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
of Reading

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 6, 2021

Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

By Katie Yee | April 6, 2021

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

On the Political, Social, and Literary Forces That Led to a Proliferation of the Genre

By Phillip Lopate | April 5, 2021

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Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

By History of Literature | April 5, 2021

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

By Glenn Dixon | April 5, 2021

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

By Cynthia L. Haven | April 5, 2021

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Sophia Stewart on Merry Levov and American Pastoral

By Sophia Stewart | April 2, 2021

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

Edward Hirsch Gives a Close Reading of Hayden's Unsentimental
Poem of Childhood

By Edward Hirsch | April 2, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

On Working Outside the Margins of Publishing

By Corinne Segal | April 2, 2021

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and<br> Elizabeth Bishop

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
Elizabeth Bishop

“Your long wonderful letter is here today.”

By James Merrill | April 1, 2021

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

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

During April Showers, Vaccine Lines, etc.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

Reading James Joyce’s <em>Finnegans Wake</em>... Without Trying to Decode It

Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake... Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 1, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Elisa Sotgiu on Reading Gender and Class in One of the Great Literary Mysteries of Our Time

By Elisa Sotgiu | March 31, 2021

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