What, Exactly, <em>Is</em> American Literature?

What, Exactly, Is American Literature?

Ilan Stavans Guests on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 31, 2022

AudioFile’s Best </br>Audiobooks of May

AudioFile’s Best
Audiobooks of May

The Month in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | May 31, 2022

17 new books to find at your local bookstore.

17 new books to find at your local bookstore.

By Katie Yee | May 31, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month

Featuring New Titles by Elif Batuman, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colin Barrett, Ali Smith, and More

By Book Marks | May 27, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Dzanc Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Dzanc Books

On Publishing Books that “Take Language Seriously”

By Corinne Segal | May 27, 2022

Cheryl Collins Isaac on Writing About Ballet, and the Intersection of Beauty and Pain

Cheryl Collins Isaac on Writing About Ballet, and the Intersection of Beauty and Pain

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | May 27, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Heart the Lover
  • What a Time to Be Alive
  • Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys
  • Pick a Color
  • The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora
  • Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)

Does Care Require Sacrifice? On Suffering and Dignity in Elif Batuman’s Either/Or

By Catherine Nichols | May 26, 2022

How (And Why) Primo Levi’s Work Was Once Rejected

By Marco Belpoliti and Clarissa Botsford | May 26, 2022

Why Elif Batuman’s Been Thinking About “Compulsive Heterosexuality”

By The Maris Review | May 26, 2022

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

From Big Wins to Financial Disasters, Adam Piore Recommends Some of His Favorites Tales of Big Money Life

By Adam Piore | May 26, 2022

The People Who Show Up for You: A Reading List of Unconventional Families

The People Who Show Up for You: A Reading List of Unconventional Families

Amy Feltman Recommends Books by Miranda July, Marie-Helene Bertino, and More

By Amy Feltman | May 26, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Joshua Ferris on Dan Chaon, Maggie Shipstead on Elif Batuman, Jeff VanderMeer on Kim Stanley Robinson, and more

By Book Marks | May 26, 2022

Buddhism’s <em>Dukkha</em> and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Buddhism’s Dukkha and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

Lauren Shufran on How Reading Shakespeare Helped Her Better Read Herself

By Lauren Shufran | May 25, 2022

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

Lillian Fishman Recommends a Particular Kind of Absorbing Love Story

By Lillian Fishman | May 25, 2022

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

A Conversation with the Author of Love Poems in Quarantine

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

The Author of Serious Face Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

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