Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

Victoria Gosling Interrogates, Deconstructs, and Reinterprets the Classic Story of King Arthur

By Victoria Gosling | August 3, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Shane McCrae Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Shane McCrae Is Reading Now and Next

Featuing Ama Codjoe, Renee Gladman, William Empson, and More

By Diana Arterian | August 3, 2023

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s <em>Orlando</em>

Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Hannah Bonner on the Utopian Future of Paul B. Preciado’s Orlando, My Political Biography

By Hannah Bonner | August 3, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Tapping into the sticky stuff of humanity, each story is a gift"

By Book Marks | August 3, 2023

How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

On Queerness in the Mahabharata and Hiking the Himalayas for Inspiration

By Shastri Akella | July 31, 2023

Pankaj Mishra on the Eternal Present of Amit Chaudhuri's <em>The Immortals</em>

Pankaj Mishra on the Eternal Present of Amit Chaudhuri's The Immortals

"The novel instead seems to be seeking the unknown, a strange experience of fascination beyond language and representation."

By Pankaj Mishra | July 31, 2023

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The Booker Revisited: Caroline Blackwood's Darkly Humorous Great Granny Webster

By Lucy Scholes | July 31, 2023

The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

By History of Literature | July 31, 2023

July's Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | July 28, 2023

July's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

July's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Laura Cumming, Kate Zambreno, John McPhee, and More

By Book Marks | July 28, 2023

How My Library Patrons Unexpectedly Helped Me Finish My Novel

How My Library Patrons Unexpectedly Helped Me Finish My Novel

Laura Sims on Creating a New Worldview

By Laura Sims | July 27, 2023

Robin Sloan on Social Media After Twitter

Robin Sloan on Social Media After Twitter

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 27, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"I went through this, she says, so maybe you won’t have to.”

By Book Marks | July 27, 2023

Donovan X. Ramsey on How Media Sensationalized Crack

Donovan X. Ramsey on How Media Sensationalized Crack

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 27, 2023

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

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

By Janet Manley | July 26, 2023

The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the

The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the "Idiotic Erotic"

Tamara Faith Berger on Letting the Sluts Speak

By Tamara Faith Berger | July 26, 2023

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