• Literary Criticism

    Criticism

    Honoré de Balzac’s Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

    By Emily Temple  March 14, 2019
    Excerpts

    Thankfulness, Praise, and Ross Gay

    By Adam Sol  March 13, 2019
    Awards

    31 Books in 30 Days: Michael Schaub on Rachel Kushner

    By Literary Hub  March 13, 2019
    Essay

    When the Eeriness of Trauma Can Only Be Understood Through Fiction

    By Kate Hope Day  March 12, 2019
    Excerpts

    I Blame My First Marriage on Jane Austen

    By Wendy Jones  March 11, 2019
    Essay

    Even If Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude Inspires Wonder, Will It Be Enough?

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 8, 2019
    Feature

    The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Wuthering Heights

    By Emily Temple  March 8, 2019
    Deep Dive

    Digging in to the Queer Subtext of My Fair Lady

    By Rebecca Renner  March 8, 2019
    Essay

    How Deborah Levy is Getting Me Through New Motherhood

    By Szilvia Molnar  March 7, 2019
    Essay

    Virginia Woolf’s Depression Shouldn’t Define Her

    By Maggie Gee  March 6, 2019
    Essay

    Michael Moorcock on H.G. Wells, Reluctant Prophet

    By Michael Moorcock  March 5, 2019
    Essay

    Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

    By Peter Fleming  March 4, 2019
    Profile

    A Novel for Our Times

    By Francisco Goldman  March 1, 2019
    Feature

    8 Gilded Age Stories That Predicted the Future

    By Stephanie Gorton  February 28, 2019
    Essay

    On the Overdue Evolution of Immigrant Narratives

    By Irina Reyn  February 28, 2019
    Essay

    Now is the Time for Equity Journalism

    By Melissa Chadburn  February 27, 2019
    Deep Dive

    Geoff Dyer Goes Deep on WWII Classic Where Eagles Dare

    By Geoff Dyer  February 26, 2019
    Literary History

    If de Tocqueville Predicted Twitter, Balzac Knew Trump Would Use It

    By Liesl Schillinger  February 26, 2019
    Essay

    The Black Women Who Wrote America’s Earliest Autofiction

    By Maryam Kazeem  February 25, 2019
    Deep Dive

    If Beale Street Could Talk: How Does Barry Jenkins Measure Up to James Baldwin?

    By Ben Rybeck  February 22, 2019
    Excerpts

    How Louisa May Alcott Landed on the Front Lines of the Civil War

    By Samantha Seiple  February 22, 2019
    Criticism

    On David Foster Wallace’s Obsession With Failure

    By Ryan Lackey  February 21, 2019
    Close Reading

    Eula Biss: “A book I can’t defend, a book I can’t renounce.”

    By Eula Biss  February 20, 2019
    Close Reading

    On the Iconic First Line of One Hundred Years of Solitude

    By Claire Adam  February 19, 2019
    Essay

    A Love Letter to Lovers of Outlander

    By Amanda Feinman  February 14, 2019
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