On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

The Lit Century Podcast Rereads Valley of the Dolls

By Lit Century | May 18, 2021

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

By Isle McElroy | May 18, 2021

Rejoice, for here are 20 new books coming out today.

Rejoice, for here are 20 new books coming out today.

By Katie Yee | May 18, 2021

On the Alarming Conflation of Patricia Highsmith and Tom Ripley... Encouraged by Highsmith Herself

On the Alarming Conflation of Patricia Highsmith and Tom Ripley... Encouraged by Highsmith Herself

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 18, 2021

What Can We Still Take from Philip Larkin?

What Can We Still Take from Philip Larkin?

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 17, 2021

The Twisted Dream of Home Ownership in Tana French’s Novels

The Twisted Dream of Home Ownership in Tana French’s Novels

Nora Caplan-Bricker Goes Deep on Zillow (and Murder)

By Nora Caplan-Bricker | May 17, 2021

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Is Fabulism the New Sincerity?

By Brenda Peynado | May 17, 2021

On the Best Subversive, Genre-Busting Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

By Tobias Carroll | May 14, 2021

Pride and Property:
On the Homes of Jane Austen

By Phyllis Richardson | May 14, 2021

Barry Jenkins’ <em>Underground Railroad</em> is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad is Even More Challenging Than the Novel

You Will Not Be Able to Look Away

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2021

In Praise of the Singular “They”<br> in Literary Translation

In Praise of the Singular “They”
in Literary Translation

Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler on Maintaining the Aesthetic
Character of a Text

By Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler | May 14, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Tin House

Interview with an Indie Press: Tin House

On Starting Conversations with Readers and Emerging Writers

By Corinne Segal | May 14, 2021

Bonnie MacBird on Expanding the Canon of Sherlock and Watson

Bonnie MacBird on Expanding the Canon of Sherlock and Watson

In Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | May 14, 2021

Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Jane Austen?

Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Jane Austen?

Joshua Raff on His Pandemic Jane-Quest

By Joshua Raff | May 13, 2021

When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

When an Apparition of Virginia Woolf Interrupts Your Writing Process

Rachel Eisendrath: “She had taken hold of my manuscript. And she was looking down at it.”

By Rachel Eisendrath | May 13, 2021

Tayari Jones on <em>The Women of Brewster Place</em>, Nearly Forty Years Later

Tayari Jones on The Women of Brewster Place, Nearly Forty Years Later

Reconsidering a Watershed Moment
of Black Storytelling

By Tayari Jones | May 13, 2021

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