• Literary Criticism

    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  July 27, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Donovan X. Ramsey on How Media Sensationalized Crack

    By The Maris Review  July 27, 2023
    The Hub

    Weird, funny, dark children’s books that I can recommend (as an adult, however).

    By Janet Manley  July 26, 2023
    Sex

    The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the “Idiotic Erotic”

    By Tamara Faith Berger  July 26, 2023
    Queer Literature

    A Queer Reimagining of James Joyce’s Ulysses in Northern England

    By Helen Palmer  July 26, 2023
    In Memoriam

    Jonathan Galassi Remembers His Friend, the Great Robert Gottlieb

    By Jonathan Galassi  July 25, 2023
    Cats

    Terrance Hayes Remembers Lucie Brock-Broido and Her Immortal Poetic Cats

    By Terrance Hayes  July 25, 2023
    Rereadings

    Wang Xiaobo on the Limitless Mind of Italo Calvino

    By Wang Xiaobo  July 25, 2023
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 25, 2023
    Obsessions

    On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession

    By Hannah Meyer  July 24, 2023
    Criticism

    Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer

    By Efrén Ordóñez Garza  July 24, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

    By History of Literature  July 24, 2023
    Creativity

    What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

    By Rhian Sasseen  July 24, 2023
    On Translation

    The Unique Challenges of Translating The Brothers Karamazov Into English

    By Michael R. Katz  July 21, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  July 21, 2023
    Time Travel

    Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

    By Holly Smale  July 21, 2023
    The Middle East

    Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

    By Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor  July 21, 2023
    What to Watch

    Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation

    By Tobias Carroll  July 21, 2023
    Black Women's Writing

    Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

    By Mikki Kendall  July 20, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Sarah Rose Etter on Tech Companies, NDAs, and the Precarity of a Job

    By The Maris Review  July 20, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jaswinder Bolina on How the End of Affirmative Action Will Affect Writing Program Admissions

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 20, 2023
    Writing Advice

    You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

    By Jennifer Grotz  July 20, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

    By Just the Right Book   July 20, 2023
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Essie Fox Reads From The Fascination

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  July 19, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  July 18, 2023
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