• Literary Criticism

    Trilogies

    Kelly Link: Why You Should Read This Classic Trilogy

    By Kelly Link  December 2, 2020
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

    By Lizzy Saxe  December 1, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   December 1, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
    Fantasy Novel

    By History of Literature  November 30, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 25, 2020
    Trans Poetics

    What is the Project of
    Trans Poetics Now?

    By Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel  November 25, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 25, 2020
    Reading Women

    Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

    By Reading Women  November 25, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

    By So Many Damn Books  November 25, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 24, 2020
    Australian Literature

    Wayne Macauley on
    Gerald Murnane’s Most Memorable Book

    By Wayne Macauley  November 24, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Arnold Lobel’s Preoccupation With Solitude in Frog and Toad

    By Lit Century   November 24, 2020
    Literary History

    When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

    By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
    Audiobooks

    Danger and Depth in Literary Thrillers: This Month’s Audiobook Recommendations

    By James Tate Hill  November 23, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happened to the Classic Western? It Got Better

    By History of Literature  November 23, 2020
    Lit Crit

    David Rieff on Anguish and Suffering in Susan Taubes’s Divorcing

    By David Rieff  November 20, 2020
    On Poetry

    What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

    By Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton  November 20, 2020
    Bookstores

    A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

    By Jorge Carrión  November 19, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

    By Brian Evenson  November 19, 2020
    Lit Crit

    How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

    By Julia Alvarez  November 18, 2020
    NewberyTart

    The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in Pictures of Hollis Woods

    By NewberyTart   November 18, 2020
    Essayists

    What Makes a Great
    American Essay?

    By Phillip Lopate  November 17, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Sheila Heti on the Importance of Finding Trusted Readers

    By Sheila Heti  November 16, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Real Golden Age of
    Science Fiction

    By History of Literature  November 16, 2020
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have
    Missed in October

    By Bethanne Patrick  November 13, 2020
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