• Literary Criticism

    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Audre Lorde’s The Black Unicorn

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   May 16, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Emma Cline: No One Captures Memory Like Mary Gaitskill

    By Literary Hub  May 16, 2023
    Defying Genre

    The Character-Revealing Power of Having a Play Within a Novel

    By Olivia Wolfgang-Smith  May 16, 2023
    French literature

    Outsider Paris: A Reading List of the Dark Side of the City of Light

    By Celia Bell  May 16, 2023
    Talk Easy

    “I Didn’t Want to Hear the Word Poetry.” Rupi Kaur on Life After milk & honey

    By Talk Easy  May 16, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Matthew Binder on Making Sense of an Absurd World

    By D. Foy  May 16, 2023
    Write-minded

    Charif Shanahan: The Mystery Is the Clarity

    By Write-minded   May 16, 2023
    First Draft

    Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 15, 2023
    Shakespeare

    Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

    By Elizabeth Winkler  May 15, 2023
    History of Literature

    Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

    By History of Literature  May 15, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer’s Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

    By Mira Ptacin  May 15, 2023
    On Translation

    Like a Magic Trick: Tim Mohr on Being the Translator and Being Translated

    By Tim Mohr  May 15, 2023
    Mother's Day

    How To Write About Your Mother

    By Terry McDonell  May 12, 2023
    Romance

    Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

    By Rosalynn Tyo  May 12, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

    By Sam Leith  May 12, 2023
    Mother's Day

    “They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

    By Jennifer Banks  May 12, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

    By Laura Valenza  May 12, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

    By Charles Yu  May 11, 2023
    Keen On

    Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

    By Keen On  May 11, 2023
    Close Readings

    The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

    By John N. Maclean  May 11, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 11, 2023
    Otherppl

    Isabella Hammad on Finding Inspiration in Hamlet

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 11, 2023
    The Maris Review

    A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

    By The Maris Review  May 11, 2023
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