Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

John Copenhaver on Conflating Queerness with Evil

By John Copenhaver | June 14, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Griffin Dunne, Rufi Thorpe, Questlove, Paul Tremblay, and More

By Book Marks | June 14, 2024

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

Mia Manzulli on the Perennial Allure of Colwin's Worlds

By Mia Manzulli | June 14, 2024

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

Kristopher Jansma on the Special Magic of Reading “Ulysses”

By Kristopher Jansma | June 14, 2024

The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

Garth Risk Hallberg on the Dysfunctional Fathers of the Western Canon

By Garth Risk Hallberg | June 13, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Rachel Cusk’s repeated attempts to exterminate the novel while still writing one are genuinely impressive."

By Book Marks | June 13, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today

By Literary Hub | June 13, 2024

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

By Adam Ehrlich Sachs | June 13, 2024

Karen Solt on Being Gay in the Navy

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 13, 2024

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

Or, Beach Book Bingo

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2024

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey on How Austen’s Rushed Endings Undercut Her Reputation For Romance

By Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey | June 12, 2024

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines

By Clare Pooley | June 12, 2024

Elisa Gabbert on the Philosophy and Process Behind the Poem and the Essay

Elisa Gabbert on the Philosophy and Process Behind the Poem and the Essay

Sarah Viren Talks to the Author of “Any Person is the Only Self”

By Sarah Viren | June 12, 2024

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Conversation with the Author of “Mouth”

By Melissa Lozada-Oliva | June 12, 2024

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s <em>Housekeeping</em>

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 12, 2024

Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, and Nghi Vo on a LIVE Voyage Into Genre

Andrea Hairston, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Thorne, and Nghi Vo on a LIVE Voyage Into Genre

A Special Episode!

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | June 12, 2024

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