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The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

During April Showers, Vaccine Lines, etc.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

Reading James Joyce’s <em>Finnegans Wake</em>... Without Trying to Decode It

Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake... Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 1, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Elisa Sotgiu on Reading Gender and Class in One of the Great Literary Mysteries of Our Time

By Elisa Sotgiu | March 31, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books </br>of the Month

The Best Reviewed Books
of the Month

Featuring New Titles by Kazuo Ishiguro, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Melissa Febos, Walter Isaacson, and more

By Book Marks | March 31, 2021

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Writers, Indeed, Can Be Mean

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2021

Revisiting <em>Speedboat</em> in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

Revisiting Speedboat in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

Emily Temple Gives in to the Pandemic-Induced Nostalgia

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Gabriela Garcia on the Interplay Between Literature and Class Consciousness

By Jane Ciabattari | March 30, 2021

Sherry Turkle on AI and the Perils of Pretend Empathy

By Keen On | March 30, 2021

How Gloria Naylor Captures Love in The Women of
Brewster Place

By Lit Century | March 30, 2021

Reckoning with Nabokov’s Classic, Controversial <em>Lolita</em>

Reckoning with Nabokov’s Classic, Controversial Lolita

Jenny Minton Quigley Guests on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 29, 2021

A Novel Life: On the Literary and Political Legacy of<br> Edward Said

A Novel Life: On the Literary and Political Legacy of
Edward Said

Timothy Brennan: “He was never much drawn to academic fashions.”

By Timothy Brennan | March 29, 2021

How Ramona Quimby Taught a Generation of Girls to Embrace Brashness

How Ramona Quimby Taught a Generation of Girls to Embrace Brashness

Rachel Vorona Cote on Having the Right to Be 'Too Much'

By Rachel Vorona Cote | March 27, 2021

When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene

When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene

Alex Christofi on the Great Russian Writer's Struggle with Fame and Insecurity

By Alex Christofi | March 26, 2021

How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

Kelsey Osgood on the Life of Vivien Eliot and a Misguided Historical Narrative That Won't Go Away

By Kelsey Osgood | March 26, 2021

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Daniel Heller-Roazen on Fleeting Narrators, Disappearing Text, and "The Hunter Gracchus"

By Daniel Heller-Roazen | March 26, 2021

P. Scott Cunningham on Miami's Poetry Scene

P. Scott Cunningham on Miami's Poetry Scene

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | March 26, 2021

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