• Literary Criticism

    On Race

    Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club

    By Chanté Griffin  August 2, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac, “King of the Beats”

    By History of Literature  August 2, 2021
    Language

    The Syntax of Belonging: On the Profound Connection Between Identity and Language

    By Pardis Mahdavi  July 30, 2021
    Cities

    How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

    By Bo McMillan  July 29, 2021
    Literary History

    How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

    By W. Ralph Eubanks  July 29, 2021
    Politics

    What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

    By Megan Otto  July 29, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

    By Laura Silverman  July 29, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Why Be a Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About Books

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 29, 2021
    Creativity

    Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

    By Sally Cabot Gunning  July 29, 2021
    On Racism

    In America, Language Silences You: On Trusting Words When They Fail, Betray, And Redeem

    By Amanda Choo Quan  July 28, 2021
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    What It Means to Exist: Bethany C. Morrow, TJ Klune, and Naomi Wiens on Sci-Fi for Teens

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 28, 2021
    Otherppl

    Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 28, 2021
    Thresholds

    Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

    By Thresholds   July 28, 2021
    NewberyTart

    On Morality and Fools in Paul Fleischman’s Graven Images

    By NewberyTart   July 28, 2021
    Revision

    Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

    By Maggie Smith  July 27, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 27, 2021
    Queer Literature

    8 Books About the Messiness and Beauty of Queer Life

    By Amanda Kabak  July 27, 2021
    new books tuesday

    20 new books to get you through the week.

    By Katie Yee  July 27, 2021
    Italian Literature

    Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s Inferno

    By Mary Jo Bang  July 26, 2021
    Jane Austen

    How an 18th-Century Cookbook Offers Glimpses of Jane Austen’s Domestic Life

    By Julienne Gehrer   July 26, 2021
    Craft

    Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

    By Alix Ohlin  July 26, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 26, 2021
    The Hub

    Revisiting Raymond Chandler’s most iconic lines.

    By Dan Sheehan  July 23, 2021
    Birds

    What the Animal World Can Teach Us About Human Nature

    By Nick McDonell  July 23, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 23, 2021
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