• Literary Criticism

    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
    New Books Network

    Kathleen Jennings on the Grim Genre of the Australian Gothic

    By New Books Network  November 13, 2020
    Feminism

    On George Eliot’s Uncertain Relationship to Feminism

    By Kathy O'Shaughnessy  November 12, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

    By Emily Temple  November 11, 2020
    Walking

    The Dissident Act of Taking a
    Walk at Night

    By Matthew Beaumont  November 11, 2020
    Audiobooks

    Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

    By James Tate Hill  November 11, 2020
    Poetry

    A Poetic Structure Built on Many Voices: Talking to Matthew Daddona

    By Joannie Stangeland  November 11, 2020
    Lit Century

    On the Dark American Nostalgia of Cheaper By the Dozen

    By Lit Century   November 10, 2020
    5 Questions

    In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

    By Literary Hub  November 10, 2020
    The Hub

    Why are we so hungry for books about cannibals?

    By Katie Yee  November 9, 2020
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