• Literary Criticism

    Talk Easy

    “Maybe This Means Something.” Min Jin Lee on Vulnerability and Audacity, in Life and on the Page

    By Talk Easy  May 2, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Has Respect for a Tough Edit

    By Literary Hub  May 2, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    T.C. Boyle on Surviving and Satirizing the Climate Crisis

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 2, 2023
    In Conversation

    Edmund White on the Power of Destabilizing His Readers

    By Damon Galgut  May 2, 2023
    Cultural Identity

    The Untold History of the “Asian American” Identity

    By Cathy Linh Che and Kyle Lucia Wu  May 2, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    John Milas on the Specificity of Terror 

    By I'm a Writer But   May 2, 2023
    Write-minded

    Rebecca Carroll on Writing About Family with Honesty

    By Write-minded   May 2, 2023
    Keen On

    Katie Hafner on Kafka, Silicon Valley and the True Story Behind the The Boys

    By Keen On  May 2, 2023
    Paperbacks

    25 new paperbacks on shelves this May.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 1, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Dragons, Decolonization, and More: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  May 1, 2023
    The Booker Revisited

    The Booker Revisited: The Mythic Haunting of Marie NDiaye’s Ladivine

    By Lucy Scholes  May 1, 2023
    Language

    What Emojis Can’t Express: How Handwriting Reveals Our True Selves

    By Neil Serven  May 1, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    Jenny Odell on Timing Our Lives in Rhythm With the Earth

    By Emergence Magazine  May 1, 2023
    New Poetry

    New Poetry Recommendations for the Month of May

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  May 1, 2023
    Keen On

    Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t

    By Keen On  May 1, 2023
    First Draft

    Ann Lauterbach: On the Value of Effective Language After Trump’s Presidency

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 1, 2023
    On Teaching

    What Educators Can Learn from Jessica Fletcher’s Critical Pedagogy

    By Shannon Draucker  April 28, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 28, 2023
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

    By Literary Hub  April 28, 2023
    Vietnam

    The Vietnam War, 50 Years On: A Reading List

    By George Black  April 28, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Just the Right Book: What We’re Reading

    By Just the Right Book   April 28, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of April

    By Emily Temple  April 27, 2023
    Queer Literature

    Literary Lovers: A Sapphic Reading List for Every Mood

    By McKayla Coyle  April 27, 2023
    Otherppl

    Practice Makes Perfect, and Also Nothing Matters: Emily St. John Mandel on Revision and Recklessness

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 27, 2023
    Incarceration

    No Human Contact: On Solitary Confinement’s Origins as a Tool for Handling Mental Illness

    By Pete Earley  April 27, 2023
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