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Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Considering the Publishing Industry's Problematic Ideas About Non-American Writers

By Asha Thanki | July 10, 2024

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

By Jan Carson | July 10, 2024

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s <em>Counternarratives</em>

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s Counternarratives

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 10, 2024

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

Ed Simon on "The Most Important Story Ever Told," That of Humanity's Transactional Relationship With Evil

By Ed Simon | July 9, 2024

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Dan Sheehan talks to the author of “The Heart in Winter” about doomed romances in the Mountain West

By Dan Sheehan | July 9, 2024

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Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 9, 2024

What Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood Reveals About Its Author's Intentions

By Rachael Hanel | July 8, 2024

Expanding Words, Worlds, and Permissions to Be: Five Powerful Trans Books

By KB Brookins | July 8, 2024

Christian Gullette on Architecture in Verse, Grief’s Layers, and Poems as Liminal Spaces

Christian Gullette on Architecture in Verse, Grief’s Layers, and Poems as Liminal Spaces

In Conversation With the Author of “Coachella Elegy”

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2024

Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

Books for the Witches, Spacefarers, and Ghouls Among Us

By Drew Broussard | July 3, 2024

Meet the literary critics who are keeping the culture honest (and sometimes spicy).

Meet the literary critics who are keeping the culture honest (and sometimes spicy).

By Brittany Allen | July 2, 2024

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

Caroline Carlson Recommends 10 New Titles Out in July

By Caroline Carlson | July 2, 2024

Nina Schuyler on Giving a Voice to Nature in Fiction

Nina Schuyler on Giving a Voice to Nature in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "In This Ravishing World"

By Jane Ciabattari | July 2, 2024

Joy Williams! Rust Belt writers! Phillip Lopate! 25 new books out today.

Joy Williams! Rust Belt writers! Phillip Lopate! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 2, 2024

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Summer stunners from Peng Shepherd, Aliette de Bodard, and China Miéville and Keanu Reeves

By Natalie Zutter | July 1, 2024

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