• Literary Criticism

    Parenting and Writing

    Has the Parent Plot Ousted the Marriage Plot in Contemporary Fiction?

    By Peter Ho Davies  January 5, 2021
    Lit Century

    Can We Stop Underrating
    Shirley Jackson Now?

    By Lit Century   January 5, 2021
    Literary Disco

    Lit Disco’s Best Picks of the Worst Year

    By Literary Disco  January 5, 2021
    Sexual Politics

    Stories About Girls, Sex, and Power Are Vital—If We’re Brave Enough to Look

    By Jerrine Tan  January 4, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Chekhov’s Three Sisters: Comedy, Tragedy, or Foreshadowing of the Bolshevik Revolution?

    By History of Literature  January 4, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 30, 2020
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    The Best Books of 2020 You Might Have Missed

    By Bethanne Patrick  December 29, 2020
    Lit Century

    Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin’s Oeuvre

    By Lit Century   December 29, 2020
    Refugees

    The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

    By John Domini  December 29, 2020
    The History of Literature

    How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in Uncle Vanya

    By History of Literature  December 28, 2020
    Literary Disco

    On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired A Christmas Story

    By Literary Disco  December 28, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

    By Allie Esiri  December 23, 2020
    Best of the Year

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 23, 2020
    Literary History

    How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

    By Sarah Lonsdale  December 23, 2020
    How to Proceed

    Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

    By How to Proceed   December 23, 2020
    Literary Theory

    What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

    By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop  December 23, 2020
    Rural America

    Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

    By Gary Lovely  December 22, 2020
    Lit Crit

    What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy’s The Group

    By Apoorva Tadepalli  December 22, 2020
    News and Culture

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

    By Book Marks  December 22, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie

    By Lit Century   December 22, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

    By Ruth Madievsky  December 21, 2020
    Children's Literature

    What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 21, 2020
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Best Book Reviews
    of 2020

    By Adam Morgan  December 21, 2020
    Poetry

    On the e.e. cummings Christmas Poem “little tree”

    By J. Alison Rosenblitt  December 21, 2020
    Poetry

    Lorna Dee Cervantes on Allen Ginsberg and the Interplay Between Beat and
    Chicano Poetry

    By Lorna Dee Cervantes  December 21, 2020
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