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Literary Criticism

Reading Lists

20 new books to check out today!

 
By Gabrielle Bellot  March 21, 2023
On Race

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

By Rachel Jamison Webster  March 21, 2023
Representation

You Cannot Protect Your Children From Moana: How Not to Fight Fairy Tales

By Julia Langbein  March 21, 2023
So Many Damn Books

Idra Novey: How to Pack a Punch in a Short Novel

By So Many Damn Books  March 21, 2023
Keen On

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Why Female Novelists Should Plunder the Voices of Men in Their Work

By Keen On  March 21, 2023
On Translation

Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

By Kristen Renee Miller  March 20, 2023
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
First Draft

“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 20, 2023
Muses

When the Muses Step Out of the Shadows: Reading the Women Who Enabled Greatness

By Sophie Haydock  March 20, 2023
The History of Literature

A Deep-Dive on Catullus, the Roman Poet of Fierce Desire and Hatred

By History of Literature  March 20, 2023
Motherhood

Szilvia Molnar on Knowing When to Kill Your Darlings

“I sometimes pulled back on reality. But, on the page, I gave close to everything.”

By Szilvia Molnar  March 21, 2023
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, The Magician’s Elephant, Adapted for Film

By Kate DiCamillo  March 17, 2023
Irish Literature

The Exile of Oscar Wilde, Dublin’s Charming Ghost

By Alexander Poots  March 17, 2023
What to Watch

The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst  March 17, 2023
Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

Featuring new titles by Idra Novey, Ann Napolitano, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, and More

By Book Marks  March 17, 2023
Reading Lists

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks  March 16, 2023
Friendship

Poetry in Three Dimensions: Sarah Ruhl on Bringing the Words of Max Ritvo to the Theater

By Sarah Ruhl  March 16, 2023
just the right book

Just the Right Book: What We’re Excited About This Week

By Just the Right Book   March 16, 2023
The Maris Review

Editor-Turned-Author Jenny Jackson on the Other Side of the Editorial Process

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review  March 16, 2023
Otherppl

Gina Frangello on the Editorial Omniscient and Why We Should All Be Using it

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 16, 2023
The Writing Life

Ann Napolitano: Offer Yourself Grace When the Writing is Hard

By Ann Napolitano  March 15, 2023
What to Watch

Skeletons in the Closet: On Mad Men and White America’s Willful Amnesia

By Kelly Shetron  March 15, 2023
In Memoriam

“This Boy is Going to Be a Writer.” Remembering Paul La Farge’s Childhood

Wendy Walker on Watching a Writer’s Life Unfold in Front of Her

By Wendy Walker  March 15, 2023
Queer Literature

Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

By Richard Mirabella  March 15, 2023
Jobs

On Millennial Writers and the Need for New Narratives of Work

By Bryony Lau  March 15, 2023
What to Watch

Lucky Hank is an Exhausted Academic Satire

By Olivia Rutigliano  March 17, 2023
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