• Literary Criticism

    Writing Advice

    How to Write a Good Fight Scene

    By Jeff Bens  October 7, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Evan Osnos on Collective Intervention and Moments of Social Transition

    By Just the Right Book   October 7, 2021
    Best Reviews of the Week

    What the Critics Think: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 7, 2021
    Plagiarism

    In Defense of Poetic Plagiarism

    By Sam Riviere  October 6, 2021
    Aliens?

    On Ancient Aliens, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and the Unhinged Pleasures of Speculative Nonfiction

    By Patrick Allington  October 6, 2021
    Surveillance

    Dave Eggers on Escaping Corporate Tech and the Irreplaceable Role of Indie Bookstores

    By Corinne Segal  October 6, 2021
    Activism

    How Fanfiction Can Inspire a Meaningful Cultural Activism and Challenge Social Stigmas

    By Milena Popova  October 6, 2021
    What to Read

    Margaret Verble on Chinua Achebe, Flannery O’Connor, and Wolf Hall

    By Book Marks  October 6, 2021
    new books tuesday

    21 new titles to get cozy with this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 5, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the Vivid Landscapes of Alice Munro

    By Lit Century   October 5, 2021
    On Writing

    Hanging Out With Joan Didion: What I Learned About Writing From an American Master

    By Sara Davidson  October 5, 2021
    Craft

    How Writing “Vengeful Fiction” Can Make You a Better Person

    By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson  October 5, 2021
    Climate Fiction

    The New Climate Fiction: Grappling with the Weight of Collapse

    By Emma Dries  October 5, 2021
    Literary Disco

    Literary Disco Goes Back to School with Poet and Teacher Bree Rolfe

    By Literary Disco  October 5, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

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

    By Emily Temple  October 4, 2021
    Climate Fiction

    Writing the Anxiety of Parenthood on the Precipice of Apocalypse

    By Emma Szewczak  October 4, 2021
    Identity

    On Babar: Model of Integration or Crumbling Myth?

    By Faїza Guène and Sarah Ardizzone  October 4, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Literature of Migration and Caribbean Identity in America: A Reading List

    By Antonio Michael Downing  October 4, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Philip Roth’s Lasting Legacy

    By History of Literature  October 4, 2021
    What to Read

    Jen Winston on Bluets, Bisexual Representation, and Hating the Classics

    By Book Marks  October 4, 2021
    Food History

    When Life Gives You Lemons, It’s a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

    By Jean Huang  October 1, 2021
    News and Culture

    Rooney, Powers, Whitehead… Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books

    By Book Marks  October 1, 2021
    Reading Lists

    A Spooky, Witchy Reading List to Kick off Scary Season

    By Fire Lyte  October 1, 2021
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This September and October

    By Corinne Segal  October 1, 2021
    Open Source

    A Ghost in His Own Life: Colm Tóibín on the Great Thomas Mann

    By Open Source  October 1, 2021
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