• Literary Criticism

    Mother-Writers

    “At the Coal Seam of Motherhood.” On Writing About My Kids

    By Janet Manley  June 5, 2024
    Reissues

    Appreciating the Understated Complexity of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    By Nick Hornby  June 5, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Ursula Buchan on John Buchan

    By History of Literature  June 5, 2024
    Ancestors

    Chasing Storms: Christiana Spens on The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens

    By Christiana Spens  June 4, 2024
    In Conversation

    Morgan Talty on Writing a Native American Novel That Subverts Expectations

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 4, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Lady pirates! Kafkaesque stories! Ovid’s advice! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 4, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Space Smooches and Surreal Short Stories: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  June 3, 2024
    Poetry

    Holding Up Mirrors to the Self: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

    By David Woo  June 3, 2024
    On Reading

    The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

    By Emily Hodgson Anderson  June 3, 2024
    Children's Literature

    Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

    By Caroline Carlson  June 3, 2024
    Reading Lists

    May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  May 31, 2024
    Reading Lists

    May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  May 31, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 31, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

    By AudioFile Magazine  May 31, 2024
    craft advice

    Between Languages: Yukiko Tominaga on Writing in English and Japanese

    By Yukiko Tominaga  May 31, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Think Most Short Stories Are Glorified Therapy Sessions: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 30, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 30, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 30, 2024
    On Translation

    Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

    By Jenna Tang  May 30, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Cass Sunstein on How to Become Famous

    By History of Literature  May 30, 2024
    Summer reading

    18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

    By Emily Temple  May 29, 2024
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   May 29, 2024
    Reading Lists

    The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

    By Elise Juska  May 29, 2024
    Queer Literature

    A Queer, Carnivalesque Vision of Chile’s Independence Day from Pedro Lemebel

    By Pedro Lemebel  May 29, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Paul Auster

    By Literary Hub  May 28, 2024
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