• Literary Criticism

    new books tuesday

    22 new books to get you through the week.

    By Katie Yee  May 11, 2021
    Literary Disco

    In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book,
    Being Mortal

    By Literary Disco  May 11, 2021
    Film and TV

    Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

    By Veronica Esposito  May 10, 2021
    Graphic Memoir

    Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and The Secret to Superhuman Strength

    By Corinne Segal  May 10, 2021
    Interview with a Poet

    Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

    By Chelsea Hodson  May 10, 2021
    Plot

    What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

    By Rónán Hession  May 10, 2021
    Science fiction

    A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

    By Andrew Ridker  May 7, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

    By The Literary Life  May 7, 2021
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

    By Sara Camilli  May 7, 2021
    Reading Lists

    On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

    By Chanel Cleeton  May 7, 2021
    The Common

    Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

    By The Common  May 7, 2021
    Politics

    On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

    By Eddie S. Glaude Jr.  May 6, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

    By The Maris Review  May 6, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

    By NewberyTart   May 6, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
    Reclaim Joy

    By The Quarantine Tapes  May 5, 2021
    Thresholds

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

    By Thresholds   May 5, 2021
    Women Writers

    A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

    By Charlotte Whittle  May 5, 2021
    Reading Women

    Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

    By Reading Women  May 5, 2021
    Folk Music

    Death and the River: Close Reading a Classic Scots’ Border Ballad

    By Ryan Bradley  May 5, 2021
    Punctuation

    The Punctuation Marks Loved (and Hated) by Famous Writers

    By Emily Temple  May 4, 2021
    new books tuesday

    23 new books to dig into this week.

    By Katie Yee  May 4, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

    By Lit Century   May 4, 2021
    Book Origins

    A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño

    By Chris Power  May 4, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

    By Kavita Bedford  May 3, 2021
    First Draft

    Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 3, 2021
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