• Craft and Criticism

    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
    Language

    Of Fathers, Sons, and Unthinking Insults

    By Obed Silva  December 8, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 8, 2021
    Reading Women

    Denise Williams on Interrogating “Guilty Pleasures”

    By Reading Women  December 8, 2021
    What to Read

    19 new books to find at your local bookstore.

    By Katie Yee  December 7, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 101 Best Book Covers of 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 7, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 7, 2021
    Storytelling

    Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

    By Lisa Harding  December 7, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    Uli Beutter Cohen on Subway Book Trends and Reading Habits

    By So Many Damn Books  December 7, 2021
    In Conversation

    On the Complex Historical and Contemporary Terrain of African Literature

    By Literary Hub  December 7, 2021
    Lit Century

    Revisiting Sunday in the Park with George in the Wake of Sondheim’s Death

    By Lit Century   December 7, 2021
    I'm a Writer But

    Why Ted Flanagan Wants His Readers to Be a Little Frustrated (At First)

    By I'm a Writer But   December 7, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

    By The Cosmic Library   December 7, 2021
    Musicians

    “He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

    By Literary Hub  December 6, 2021
    Indie Presses

    When You Start an Indie Press With Your Life Partner

    By Beth Kephart  December 6, 2021
    News and Culture

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 6, 2021
    Anti-Colonialism

    Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

    By Cornel West  December 6, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

    By History of Literature  December 6, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    The Work of Living Goes On: Rereading Mrs Dalloway During an Endless Pandemic

    By Colin Dickey  December 6, 2021
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