• Literary Criticism

    Classics

    How a Bold Young American Changed the Way Scholars Think About Homer

    By Robert Kanigel  April 28, 2021
    NewberyTart

    On Girlhood and the Most Epic Haircut of All Time, in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

    By NewberyTart   April 28, 2021
    Interview

    Elissa Washuta on the Desire to Write a “Big Book”

    By Eliza Smith  April 27, 2021
    Craft

    Kirstin Valdez Quade on Literary Community and Intergenerational Narratives

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 27, 2021
    Life in a Pandemic

    Comfort in Quarantine: On Going Deeper Into the Solitude of Books

    By Jaime Fuller  April 27, 2021
    Craft

    When Writing a Novel, Ditch the Plan and Embrace Uncertainty

    By Maria Mutch  April 27, 2021
    Lit Century

    How André Breton Disdained Possessions Before It Was Cool

    By Lit Century   April 27, 2021
    Philosophy

    What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

    By Simon Critchley  April 27, 2021
    new books tuesday

    12 new books to get your hands on right now.

    By Katie Yee  April 27, 2021
    Women's Stories

    Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

    By Mary Sharratt  April 27, 2021
    The Hub

    Why George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia is necessary reading for the 21st century.

    By Jonny Diamond  April 26, 2021
    The History of Literature

    How Djuna Barnes Joined the Lost Generation

    By History of Literature  April 26, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On Exploring Philosophy in Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading List

    By Tom Whyman  April 26, 2021
    But Make It Fashion

    20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  April 23, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    Bad Girl Debutantes, Rebellious Nuns, and a Pregnant Moose: 5 Books You May Have Missed in March

    By Bethanne Patrick  April 23, 2021
    Poetry

    10 Women Poets Who Inspired Me To Become a Writer

    By Aija Mayrock  April 23, 2021
    Literary Disco

    Will Our Next Wave of Fiction Be Escapist, or Corrective?

    By Literary Disco  April 23, 2021
    Reading

    Why Should You Read?

    By Will Self  April 22, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Katherine O’Callaghan on the Irish Contexts for Mythical Figure Finn MacCool

    By The Cosmic Library   April 22, 2021
    American Classics

    Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s Tragic Magic

    By Erica Vital-Lazare  April 21, 2021
    Life in a Pandemic

    Rereading The Phantom Tollbooth in This Year of Our Pandemic Doldrums

    By Kate Washington  April 21, 2021
    Cats

    The Excruciating Decision to
    End a Cat’s Life

    By Martha Cooley  April 21, 2021
    Poetry

    On the Places and Poetic Forms of the Black Southern Poet

    By Khalisa Rae  April 21, 2021
    The Hub

    13 new books to get on Independent Bookstore Day.

    By Katie Yee  April 20, 2021
    Classic Novels

    This Wild and Crazy Summer, Give in to the Chaos of Balzac

    By Drew Johnson  April 20, 2021
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