• Literary Criticism

    new books tuesday

    15 new books to help you get through the week.

    By Katie Yee  May 24, 2022
    Celebrity

    Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

    By Elizabeth Hardwick  May 23, 2022
    Chinese Literature

    How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

    By Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas  May 23, 2022
    Reading Lists

    Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

    By Dennard Dayle  May 23, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Considering the Morals of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

    By History of Literature  May 23, 2022
    Language

    Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

    By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza  May 20, 2022
    In Conversation

    A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 20, 2022
    Queers at the End of the World

    Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis and the Erotics of Power

    By Queers at the End of the World  May 20, 2022
    Micro

    Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

    By Micro   May 20, 2022
    New Books Network

    Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

    By New Books Network  May 20, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

    By The Maris Review  May 19, 2022
    On Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  May 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 19, 2022
    Ukraine

    The Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance: Five Poems by Marjana Savka

    By Literary Hub  May 18, 2022
    Artists

    How Greenwich Village Bohemians Found Their Way to Provincetown

    By John Taylor Williams  May 18, 2022
    Literary History

    Looking at Willa Cather’s Lesbian Partnership and Domestic World

    By Melissa Homestead  May 18, 2022
    Otherppl

    Mary Laura Philpott on Why Structure Is Always Story

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 18, 2022
    Creativity

    You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

    By Aaron Angello  May 18, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

    By NewberyTart   May 18, 2022
    Narrative

    Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

    By Aminatta Forna  May 17, 2022
    new books tuesday

    19 new books to savor this week.

    By Katie Yee  May 17, 2022
    Criticism

    Spending Time in Joy Williams’s Celestial Waiting Rooms

    By Nicole Miller  May 17, 2022
    Novellas

    Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

    By Victoria Shorr  May 17, 2022
    Immigration stories

    Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 17, 2022
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