• Literary Criticism

    Family Stories

    The Struggle is Real: A Reading List of Messy, (Es)Strange(d), Surreal Families

    By J. A. Tyler  February 23, 2023
    Book Dreams

    London Bookseller James Gilbert on the Art of Recommending Books

    By Book Dreams  February 23, 2023
    Otherppl

    “A Character’s Real Interiority is Often the Fuel.” Rebecca Makkai on Slowing Down to Build Momentum

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 22, 2023
    What to Watch

    On Fleishman Is in Trouble and the Sex and the City Problem

    By Rebecca Ackermann  February 22, 2023
    The Occult

    From Ghostbusters to H.P. Lovecraft: A Cultural History of Slime

    By Susanne Wedlich  February 22, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

    By Martha Anne Toll  February 22, 2023
    new books tuesday

    12 new books to get your hands on this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 21, 2023
    Black History

    The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher

    By Gregory Pardlo  February 21, 2023
    First Draft

    Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 21, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jai Chakrabarti on Fostering Community Through Storytelling

    By Literary Hub  February 21, 2023
    Beyond the Page

    Louise Dennys: Stories from a Publishing Legend

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  February 21, 2023
    So Many Damn Books

    “I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

    By So Many Damn Books  February 21, 2023
    The History of Literature

    James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

    By History of Literature  February 21, 2023
    The Occult

    Some of the Best Stories from a Century of Weird Tales (That You Can Read Online)

    By Emily Temple  February 17, 2023
    Film Studies

    The Poetics of Film: Four Poets on How Cinema Influences Their Work

    By Christopher Kondrich  February 17, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma

    By Camonghne Felix  February 17, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Courtney Maum is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  February 17, 2023
    Art

    Mirror and Window Both: The Brief Superabundance of Aubrey Beardsley

    By A. Natasha Joukovsky  February 16, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 16, 2023
    Otherppl

    Chetna Maroo: “Every Time I Lost my Way, I Would Go Back to That First Page.”

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 16, 2023
    On Reading

    Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Unique Pleasures of Reading in Public

    By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza  February 15, 2023
    On Craft

    A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

    By Gunnhild Øyehaug  February 15, 2023
    Thresholds

    Chani Nicholas on Writing (and Astrology) as a Response to Trauma

    By Thresholds   February 15, 2023
    Book Collection

    Book Stalls and Back Rooms: Traveling the World in Search of Literary Serendipity

    By Barry Yourgrau  February 15, 2023
    Keen On

    John Cribb on What Both Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From Abraham Lincoln

    By Keen On  February 15, 2023
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