• Craft and Criticism

    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 24, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Sarah Manguso and Elizabeth McCracken on All-American Whiteness

    By The Virtual Book Channel  February 24, 2022
    Keen On

    Jamie Beaton on Demystifying the Competitive World of Elite College Admissions

    By Keen On  February 24, 2022
    Keen On

    Dwight Chapin on the Life and Administration of Richard Nixon

    By Keen On  February 24, 2022
    Keen On

    Marc David Baer on the Ottoman Empire’s Enduring Impact on Europe and the World

    By Keen On  February 24, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Senator Will Haskell on Why We Should Feel Optimistic About Politics

    By Just the Right Book   February 24, 2022
    On Poetry

    Nonsense, Puns, and Dirty Limericks: A Serious Look at Poetic Wordplay

    By Brad Leithauser  February 23, 2022
    Religion

    A History of Demonology is a History of the World

    By Ed Simon  February 23, 2022
    James Joyce

    Cranly’s Arm: On Finding and Seeking Gay Desire in Joyce

    By Paul McAdory  February 23, 2022
    Sex

    What Pornographic Literature Shows Us About Human Nature

    By Kathleen J. Woods  February 23, 2022
    Sun Valley Writers' Conference

    Annette Gordon-Reed: Getting History Right

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  February 23, 2022
    Keen On

    Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

    By Keen On  February 23, 2022
    Keen On

    Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers

    By Keen On  February 23, 2022
    The Hub

    20 new books to dive into this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 22, 2022
    Jane Austen

    Reading Myself Into, and Beyond, Pride and Prejudice

    By Jane Pek  February 22, 2022
    Archives

    How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

    By Isaac Fellman  February 22, 2022
    Children's Lit

    How Writing a Children’s Book is an Antidote to Doomsday Thinking

    By Ben Okri  February 22, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    Richard Wright on Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

    By Book Marks  February 22, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Joy Lanzendorfer on the Gendered Double Standard of Ambition

    By I'm a Writer But   February 22, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Anna Holmes on the Radical Life of Margaret Wise Brown

    By History of Literature  February 22, 2022
    Big Table

    David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

    By Big Table  February 22, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Julie Otsuka on Writing Memory Loss and the Power of the First-Person Plural

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 22, 2022
    Education

    Getting By in Prison With Nothing But Books

    By Daniel Genis  February 22, 2022
    First Draft

    Charlotte Wood on Exploring the Longevity of Female Friendship

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 22, 2022
    Keen On

    Erica Katz on the High-Stakes World of Art Forgery

    By Keen On  February 22, 2022
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