• Literary Criticism

    Dance

    More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

    By Martha Anne Toll  September 29, 2022
    The Writers Institute

    Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

    By The Writers Institute  September 29, 2022
    Ursa

    The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

    By Ursa   September 29, 2022
    Style

    A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

    By Adrienne Raphel  September 28, 2022
    Poetry

    The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

    By Chiara Barzini  September 28, 2022
    Diaries

    Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

    By Elizabeth Brooks  September 28, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel The Westing Game

    By NewberyTart   September 28, 2022
    The Hub

    15 new books to get cozy with this week.

    By Katie Yee  September 27, 2022
    Language

    Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

    By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza  September 27, 2022
    Memoir

    Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

    By Kamila Shamsie  September 27, 2022
    Ukrainian Literature

    On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

    By Isaac Babel  September 27, 2022
    Literary History

    What Don Quixote Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

    By Giles Tremlett  September 27, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  September 27, 2022
    On Translation

    Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

    By Daniel Hahn and Lisa Dillman  September 27, 2022
    Grief

    Six Books That Explore Loss Through Poetic Means

    By Juliet Patterson  September 27, 2022
    Character Development

    Neither Villain Nor Victim: Stacey D’Erasmo on Embracing Discomfort in Telling the Story of a Complicit Woman

    By Stacey D'Erasmo  September 26, 2022
    News and Culture

    Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems

    By Ted Berrigan  September 26, 2022
    On Poetry

    Considering the Poetry of Molly Brodak and the Ache of the Unknowable World

    By Joseph Earp  September 26, 2022
    Violence

    When Male Authors Write Male Violence

    By Philippa Snow  September 26, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Qian Julie Wang on Commuting, People-Watching, and Letting the Story Marinate

    By Literary Hub  September 26, 2022
    The History of Literature

    There Were British Spy Novels Before James Bond

    By History of Literature  September 26, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  September 23, 2022
    Criticism

    Mario Vargas Llosa on Retrospective, a Novel of Never-Ending War That Resists Easy Answers

    By Mario Vargas Llosa  September 23, 2022
    Punk

    Read These If You Aren’t A Poseur: Books That Embody The Punk Ethos

    By Tea Hacic-Vlahovic  September 23, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Andrew Sean Greer is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  September 22, 2022
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