What’s In a Name? Tracing an Obsession with the Shakespeare Authorship Question

What’s In a Name? Tracing an Obsession with the Shakespeare Authorship Question

Michael Blanding on the (Extremely Compelling) Sir Thomas North Theory

By Michael Blanding | May 31, 2022

On Setting YA Aside to Write a Novel for Adults

On Setting YA Aside to Write a Novel for Adults

Nina LaCour on “Growing Up” Through Fiction

By Nina LaCour | May 31, 2022

Finding Both Comedy and Nightmare in <em>The Man Who Loved Children</em>

Finding Both Comedy and Nightmare in The Man Who Loved Children

K. Austin Collins and John Lingan Guest on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | May 31, 2022

Why the “Bad Gays” of History Deserve More Attention

Why the “Bad Gays” of History Deserve More Attention

And What they Can Teach Us About Liberation

By Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller | May 31, 2022

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
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The Month in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | May 31, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
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  • The Six Loves of James I

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

By Book Marks | May 27, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Dzanc Books

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

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

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

Catherine Nichols Goes Looking for Kierkegaard and Finds an Unrequited Crush

By Catherine Nichols | May 26, 2022

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

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

Marco Belpoliti on Collective Memory and Publishing in Post-War Italy

By Marco Belpoliti and Clarissa Botsford | May 26, 2022

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

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

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

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

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