• Literary Criticism

    Southern literature

    “A Conflicted, Imperfect Love.” Jesmyn Ward on William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying

    By Jesmyn Ward  March 10, 2025
    Film Criticism

    What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

    By Henry Lien  March 10, 2025
    Poetry

    John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

    By Essex Hemphill  March 7, 2025
    Wildfires

    The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

    By Rebecca Worby  March 7, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  March 7, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    The Bear by Andrew Krivak

    By Jonny Diamond  March 6, 2025
    Epic Showdowns

    The Best Villains in Literature Bracket

    By Literary Hub  March 6, 2025
    Science fiction

    Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction

    By Ted Chiang  March 6, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 6, 2025
    Mental Illness

    The Edge of the Abyss: William Styron at 100

    By Greg Cwik  March 6, 2025
    On Poetry

    “Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

    By Spencer Reece  March 6, 2025
    Friendship

    Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

    By Jeremy Gordon  March 6, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    There Are Too Many DAMN Commas in Books These Days: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  March 6, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Karen Weingarten on Abortion Stories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 6, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    The President’s Room by Ricardo Romero

    By Drew Broussard  March 5, 2025
    Motherhood

    The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood

    By Nicole Graev Lipson  March 5, 2025
    Transitions

    Emily St. James on Using Differing POVs to Write a Trans Novel

    By Emily St. James  March 5, 2025
    Thresholds

    Lidia Yuknavitch on Waiting for the Waves

    By Thresholds   March 5, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    By Jonny Diamond  March 4, 2025
    Russia

    Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

    By Charles Hecker  March 4, 2025
    Mythology

    On Reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses As a Military Spouse

    By Jehanne Dubrow  March 4, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Laila Lalami! Alanis Morissette! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 4, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Did You Know That James Baldwin Wrote for Children, Too?

    By Quartez Harris  March 3, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Dust Storms, Dream Hotels, and Road Trips: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  March 3, 2025
    Poetry

    Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  March 3, 2025
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