• Craft and Criticism

    Graphic Novels

    Keum Suk Gendry-Kim on the Symbolism of Trees and the Power of Black and White Illustration

    By Alexander Chee  December 13, 2021
    The History of Literature

    From Joni to Dylan: On the Bards of 1960s Pop

    By History of Literature  December 13, 2021
    Social Justice

    On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

    By Literary Hub  December 13, 2021
    Creative Nonfiction

    The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

    By Lee Gutkind  December 13, 2021
    The Hub

    “You cover that acid in comfort.” Read Toni Morrison’s 1973 edit letter to Lucille Clifton.

    By Snigdha Koirala  December 10, 2021
    Criticism

    On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

    By David Kirby  December 10, 2021
    Adaptations

    Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

    By Olivia Rutigliano  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 10, 2021
    Adaptations

    Prayers for the Stolen: How Two Artists Portray the Violence of Human Trafficking in Mexico

    By Jennifer Clement  December 10, 2021
    French literature

    In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    By Alex Lockwood  December 10, 2021
    Cities

    Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

    By Marco Magini, Paolo Nelli, Giorgia Tolfo, and Maddalena Vatti  December 10, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Valerie Miles on the Craft of Curating Translators

    By The Literary Life  December 10, 2021
    Dance

    Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

    By Rachel Kapelke-Dale  December 10, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Cara Blue Adams on How to Build a Short Story Collection

    By Cara Blue Adams  December 10, 2021
    New Books Network

    Elliot Ackerman on Exploring US-China Relations in His New Book

    By New Books Network  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 9, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Stephen Graham Jones on the Archetypes of a Slasher Narrative

    By The Maris Review  December 9, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2021
    Keen On

    Jay Parini on His Encounter with Jorge Luis Borges

    By Keen On  December 9, 2021
    Otherppl

    Roisin Kiberd on the Solipsism of Social Media

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  December 9, 2021
    Nature Writing

    Secrets of the Sea: On the Hidden Past of Orford Ness and the Residue of Human Destruction

    By Polly Crosby  December 9, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Myisha Cherry and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Liberatory Possibilities of Lordean Rage

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 9, 2021
    Thresholds

    Katie Kitamura on the Discomfort of Calling Herself a Writer

    By Thresholds   December 8, 2021
    Poets

    Trying to Write About “The Two John Miltons”

    By Joe Moshenska  December 8, 2021
    Medieval History

    The Hidden Agency of Women in Medieval Stories, from Beowulf to Guthlac’s Life

    By Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry  December 8, 2021
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