• Literary Criticism

    The Maris Review

    Why Dan Kois Created a Laurie Colwin-Esque Character in His New Novel

    By The Maris Review  January 12, 2023
    In Memoriam

    Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

    By Adam Colman  January 11, 2023
    Otherppl

    Kashana Cauley: “I Tell Jokes About Things That I Am Angry About.”

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 11, 2023
    In Memoriam

    “Just Fade to White, Dear.” Aminatta Forna Remembers Fay Weldon

    By Aminatta Forna  January 10, 2023
    Novels

    Suzanne Berne Asks Us, Why Write a Novel, Why Read a Novel, and Why Now?

    By Suzanne Berne  January 10, 2023
    Diaries

    “What Excuse Do I Have for Having Written Nothing Yet Today? None.” Glimpses Into Kafka’s Workshop

    By Ross Benjamin  January 10, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  January 10, 2023
    Write-minded

    Andrew Limbong Wonders If We Should Be Worried About the State of Reading

    By Write-minded   January 10, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Christine Sneed on Leaning Into the Absurdity of Office Life

    By I'm a Writer But   January 10, 2023
    The Hub

    20 new books to read right now.

    By Katie Yee  January 10, 2023
    Romance

    Unguilty Pleasures: My Year of Reading Romance Novels

    By Katie Fustich  January 9, 2023
    Poets

    That’s Not Typing, It’s Writing: How T. S. Eliot Wrote “The Waste Land”

    By Matthew Hollis  January 9, 2023
    Shelf Talkers

    Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at Point Reyes Books

    By Literary Hub  January 9, 2023
    On Poetry

    Peter Cole on Making the Poetic Abstract Concrete

    By Literary Hub  January 9, 2023
    First Draft

    “The Best Story I’ve Ever Written is the One I’m Going to Write Next.” Jack Driscoll on His Stylistic Expansion

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 9, 2023
    What to Watch

    In Women Talking, Acts of Imagination Are Acts of Resistance

    By Michelle Nijhuis  January 6, 2023
    Labor

    The Original Pinocchio Is a Radical Anti-Work Story

    By Alessandro Delfanti  January 6, 2023
    Keen On

    Why Travel Writing is a Form of Memoir and How Covid Has Changed How We See the World

    By Keen On  January 6, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 6, 2023
    Criticism

    On War, Fatherhood, and the Half-Life of Cormac McCarthy’s Literary Fission

    By Will Cathcart  January 5, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 5, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

    By Dorothea   January 5, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  January 5, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

    By Natalie Zutter  January 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

    By Jonny Diamond  January 4, 2023
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