• Craft and Criticism

    Reading Lists

    Kirstin Valdez Quade on Fleur Jaeggy, Middlemarch, and Sarah Waters Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  January 24, 2022
    The History of Literature

    On Sophocles, Boswell, and the Power of Literature

    By History of Literature  January 24, 2022
    First Draft

    “A Kind of Clash.” Tom Bissell on the Structure of His Short Stories

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 24, 2022
    Publishing

    On the Importance of Knowing Your Worth As a Writer, Down to the Dollar

    By Luke Cassidy  January 24, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    EXCLUSIVE: Watch David Strathairn and Abraham Verghese Discuss Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser”

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 21, 2022
    What to Watch

    “The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in Bergman Island

    By Mira Ptacin  January 21, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 21, 2022
    Author Photos

    Twelve Writers Share the Stories Behind Their Author Photos

    By Rachel Krantz  January 21, 2022
    Literary Criticism

    Bernardine Evaristo on the Richness of Older Women’s Stories

    By Bernardine Evaristo  January 21, 2022
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in December

    By Bethanne Patrick  January 21, 2022
    The Writing Life

    My Novel’s 16-Year Journey Across the Atlantic Ocean

    By Mads Nygaard  January 21, 2022
    New Books Network

    “Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

    By New Books Network  January 21, 2022
    Publishing

    Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

    By Zora Neale Hurston  January 20, 2022
    TV

    Feeling Seen in Sort Of: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

    By Aanchal Saraf  January 20, 2022
    Teaching

    Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

    By Arnold Weinstein  January 20, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

    By Book Dreams  January 20, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

    By The Maris Review  January 20, 2022
    Exercise

    The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

    By Bill Hayes  January 20, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 20, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 20, 2022
    Otherppl

    Jami Attenberg on the Book that Realigned Her Brain

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 20, 2022
    Essential Reading

    My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

    By Susan DeFreitas  January 19, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

    By Book Marks  January 19, 2022
    Literary Friendships

    Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

    By Charles J. Shields  January 19, 2022
    Rejection

    20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

    By Emily Temple  January 19, 2022
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