• Literary Criticism

    Motherhood

    On The Lost Daughter, Vladimir, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

    By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore  February 2, 2022
    Black Girlhood

    The Meaningful Mundane:
    6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

    By Kai Harris  February 2, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Tom Cooper on Moby-Dick, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  February 2, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books to hunker down with this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 1, 2022
    In Memoriam

    The Sacred and Profane: Revisiting a 2018 Interview with Giancarlo DiTrapano

    By Chiara Barzini  February 1, 2022
    On Translation

    The Order of Things: Jennifer Croft on Translating Olga Tokarczuk

    By Jennifer Croft  February 1, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

    By Lucy Scholes  February 1, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  February 1, 2022
    American Classics

    How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of The Great Gatsby

    By Jillian Cantor  February 1, 2022
    True Crime

    Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

    By Matt Mitchell  January 31, 2022
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  January 31, 2022
    Children's Literature

    Children’s Books That Double As Self-Help: A Reading List

    By J.M. Farkas  January 31, 2022
    Adaptations

    “A Syrupy Love-Fest.” On the Blasphemous Disneyfication of Felix Salten’s Bambi

    By Jack Zipes  January 31, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Why Should We Read Anything by John Milton Today?

    By History of Literature  January 31, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of January

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2022
    The Writing Life

    The Courage to Write: On the Radical Generosity of Letting Yourself Be Seen

    By Robin Marie MacArthur  January 28, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Dan Sheehan  January 28, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    EXCLUSIVE: Watch América Fuentes and Gloria Estefan Discuss Richard Blanco’s “Looking for The Gulf Motel”

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 28, 2022
    In Conversation

    Marcial Gala on Writing Cuba and Reworking The Iliad

    By Samuel Jaffe Goldstein  January 28, 2022
    The Maris Review

    John Darnielle on the Crisis of Conscience in True Crime

    By The Maris Review  January 27, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Deesha Philyaw on Why Her Book Should Not Have Succeeded

    By Book Dreams  January 27, 2022
    Translation

    Why You Should Be Reading More Catalan Literature in Translation

    By Laura McGloughlin  January 27, 2022
    Aliens?

    How Modern Storytelling Uses Aliens to Talk About Humanity

    By Mike Chen  January 27, 2022
    Mythology

    Why We Need to Revisit Old Myths to Create New Ones

    By Michael Bazzett  January 27, 2022
    Life in a Pandemic

    10 Books for Being Alone

    By Emily Temple  January 26, 2022
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