• Literary Criticism

    Reading Lists

    7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

    By Steven Hall  April 6, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
    of Reading

    By The Quarantine Tapes  April 6, 2021
    new books tuesday

    Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

    By Katie Yee  April 6, 2021
    Essays

    Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

    By Phillip Lopate  April 5, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

    By History of Literature  April 5, 2021
    Musicians

    On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

    By Glenn Dixon  April 5, 2021
    Literary History

    Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

    By Cynthia L. Haven  April 5, 2021
    Criticism

    Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

    By Sophia Stewart  April 2, 2021
    Poetry

    A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

    By Edward Hirsch  April 2, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

    By Corinne Segal  April 2, 2021
    Letters

    Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
    Elizabeth Bishop

    By James Merrill  April 1, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  April 1, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake… Without Trying to Decode It

    By The Cosmic Library   April 1, 2021
    Translation

    Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

    By Elisa Sotgiu  March 31, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Books
    of the Month

    By Book Marks  March 31, 2021
    Literary Icons

    Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

    By Literary Hub  March 31, 2021
    Rereadings

    Revisiting Speedboat in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

    By Emily Temple  March 30, 2021
    Immigration stories

    Gabriela Garcia on the Interplay Between Literature and Class Consciousness

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 30, 2021
    Keen On

    Sherry Turkle on AI and the Perils of Pretend Empathy

    By Keen On  March 30, 2021
    Lit Century

    How Gloria Naylor Captures Love in The Women of
    Brewster Place

    By Lit Century   March 30, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Reckoning with Nabokov’s Classic, Controversial Lolita

    By History of Literature  March 29, 2021
    Public Intellectuals

    A Novel Life: On the Literary and Political Legacy of
    Edward Said

    By Timothy Brennan  March 29, 2021
    Children's Literature

    How Ramona Quimby Taught a Generation of Girls to Embrace Brashness

    By Rachel Vorona Cote  March 27, 2021
    Literary History

    When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene

    By Alex Christofi  March 26, 2021
    Literary Biographies

    How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

    By Kelsey Osgood  March 26, 2021
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