Why (Most) Critics Hated <em>The Waste Land</em> When It Was Published

Why (Most) Critics Hated The Waste Land When It Was Published

“It is an erudite despair."

By Jed Rasula | December 8, 2022

Edgy, Unapologetic, and Transgressive: 8 Books That Seek to Unsettle the Reader

Edgy, Unapologetic, and Transgressive: 8 Books That Seek to Unsettle the Reader

Kevin Lambert Recommends Books That Resist Easy Interpretation

By Kevin Lambert | December 8, 2022

Talking to Deepti Gupta About the 2022 Best Young Adult Audiobooks

Talking to Deepti Gupta About the 2022 Best Young Adult Audiobooks

Discussing the Powerful Novel All My Rage

By Behind the Mic | December 8, 2022

This previously unpublished CD Wright poem is filled with beauty and sadness.

This previously unpublished CD Wright poem is filled with beauty and sadness.

By Jonny Diamond | December 7, 2022

How to Survive in Broken Worlds: Jesmyn Ward on Octavia Butler’s Empathy and Optimism

How to Survive in Broken Worlds: Jesmyn Ward on Octavia Butler’s Empathy and Optimism

“When I discovered Butler’s work, I discovered myself.”

By Jesmyn Ward | December 7, 2022

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Sara B. Franklin on the Reading That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 7, 2022

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Allegra Hyde on Addressing the Steps to Solve Climate Change in Her New Novel

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Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

The Celebrated Author and Activist Revisits Her Own Memoir

By Cherrie Moraga | December 7, 2022

How the Multi-Trillion Dollar Industrial Meat Complex is Bad For Our Species and Our Planet

How the Multi-Trillion Dollar Industrial Meat Complex is Bad For Our Species and Our Planet

Chloe Sorvino in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 7, 2022

The Most Disturbing of All Human Sins? How We Live With Other Creatures

The Most Disturbing of All Human Sins? How We Live With Other Creatures

Esther Woolfson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 7, 2022

The Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the Devil

The Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the Devil

Luke Dumas Recommends Victor LaValle, Muriel Spark, and James Hogg

By Luke Dumas | December 7, 2022

Talking to Soneela Nankani About the 2022 Best Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks

Talking to Soneela Nankani About the 2022 Best Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks

Discussing The Bangalore Detectives Club

By Behind the Mic | December 7, 2022

17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2022

In <em>The Super 8 Years</em>, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

In The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

Julia Sirmons on Maternal Performance and the Growth of an Artist, Captured in Family Home Movies

By Julia Sirmons | December 6, 2022

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