• Craft and Criticism

    Relationships

    The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

    By Robin Kirman  February 18, 2022
    Victorian Literature

    On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula

    By Vidya Krishnan  February 18, 2022
    Keen On

    Alexander Zaitchik on the Fight to Produce Lifesaving Medicines

    By Keen On  February 18, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  February 18, 2022
    Craft

    Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

    By Erik Larson  February 18, 2022
    Music

    The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

    By Emme Lund  February 18, 2022
    Keen On

    Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government

    By Keen On  February 18, 2022
    New Books Network

    How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

    By New Books Network  February 18, 2022
    The Literary Life

    What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

    By The Literary Life  February 18, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

    By Book Dreams  February 17, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Award is the Book: Randall Mann on Poetry Awards, Contests, and Diversity

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 17, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

    By The Maris Review  February 17, 2022
    Otherppl

    Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 17, 2022
    Chinese Literature

    What Is China Reading Right Now?

    By Megan Walsh  February 17, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 17, 2022
    Keen On

    Gal Beckerman on Looking to the Past to Help Us Imagine a Different Future

    By Keen On  February 17, 2022
    Keen On

    David Robert Grimes on How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

    By Keen On  February 17, 2022
    The Hub

    Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

    By Katie Yee  February 16, 2022
    Criticism

    Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

    By Anthony Domestico  February 16, 2022
    Thresholds

    “Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

    By Thresholds   February 16, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

    By Book Marks  February 16, 2022
    Classics

    How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

    By Erin Morgenstern  February 16, 2022
    Motherhood

    Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

    By Mary Kuryla  February 16, 2022
    Keen On

    Roni Cohen-Sandler on Raising Self-Reliant Teenage Girls in the Age of the Internet

    By Keen On  February 16, 2022
    Libraries

    American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

    By Ilan Stavans  February 16, 2022
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