• Literary Criticism

    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    How One Young Screenwriter Snagged the Rights to Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

    By Amy Paturel  March 31, 2023
    Author Interviews

    How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

    By Michael Silverblatt  March 31, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Grant Faulkner on Capturing the Essence of a Short Story

    By Grant Faulkner  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

    By Olivia Rutigliano  March 31, 2023
    Rereadings

    Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red is Way Funnier Than You Remember

    By Emily Temple  March 30, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of March

    By Emily Temple  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Exit Strategies: So How Are You Supposed to End a Story?

    By Allegra Hyde  March 30, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

    By Alexis Gunderson  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

    By Ayad Akhtar  March 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

    By The Maris Review  March 30, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Clint Smith is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  March 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 30, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 30, 2023
    In Conversation

    Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    The South

    Untold Stories: A South Carolina Lowcountry Reading List

    By Preslaysa Williams  March 30, 2023
    The Hub

    Literary baby names ranked from least to most cringey.

    By Janet Manley  March 29, 2023
    Behind the Book Cover

    “Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

    By Jason Booher  March 29, 2023
    Children's Lit

    On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

    By Leonard S. Marcus  March 29, 2023
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection White Cat, Black Dog

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  March 29, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

    By Tara Conklin  March 29, 2023
    Thresholds

    Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being “the First”

    By Thresholds   March 29, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne

    By Malcolm Borthwick  March 29, 2023
    Apocalypse

    A Novel is Like a Camp: What Fiction Can Teach Us About Surviving the Slow Apocalypse

    By Jess Row  March 28, 2023
    new books tuesday

    18 new books to check out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 28, 2023
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