• Literary Criticism

    Inspiration

    Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

    By Jesmyn Ward  April 20, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

    By Literary Hub  April 20, 2022
    new books tuesday

    22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 19, 2022
    In Conversation

    Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 19, 2022
    Shakespeare

    How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

    By Kathryn Harkup  April 19, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 19, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    Rules, Rituals, and Laws of Emotion in the Hebrew Bible

    By The Cosmic Library   April 19, 2022
    On Grief

    The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

    By Howard Norman  April 18, 2022
    Criticism

    Where Are All the Matriarchies in Fiction?

    By G.R. Macallister  April 18, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Linda H. Davis on the Literary Fame and Notorious Exploits of Stephen Crane

    By History of Literature  April 18, 2022
    Science

    On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

    By Nicole Yunger Halpern  April 18, 2022
    Violence

    When Are Men Dangerous? On Agency, Imagination, and What a Teacher Can Do

    By Steve Edwards  April 15, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  April 15, 2022
    Philosophy

    Against (the Very Idea of) Procrastination

    By Antonia Pont  April 14, 2022
    Book Dreams

    How Dostoevsky’s Exile in Siberia Led to Four of the Greatest Novels in Literature

    By Book Dreams  April 14, 2022
    Colonialism

    How a Mundane Anthropologist and Bureaucrat Helped Contribute to American Settler Colonialism

    By Alicia Puglionesi  April 14, 2022
    Literary History

    Learning from the Work Muriel Rukeyser Left Unfinished

    By Rowena Kennedy-Epstein  April 14, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 14, 2022
    Poetry

    “I Trust Nothing But Music.” Valzhyna Mort on the Patient Listening of Writing Poetry

    By Michael Prior  April 13, 2022
    Drawing

    “I think I might have gone on drawing forever.” Annie Hartnett on Giving the Gift of Art

    By Annie Hartnett  April 13, 2022
    Sex

    Why Sex Scenes Are Not Only Feminist, But Necessary

    By Elissa Sussman  April 13, 2022
    Heroines

    In Praise of Dysfunctional Heroines

    By Dawn Winter  April 13, 2022
    new books tuesday

    21 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 12, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: Melissa Chadburn on the Books She’s Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 12, 2022
    Criticism

    Why the Color Red Carries so Much Weight in Film and Literature

    By James Fox  April 12, 2022
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