• Craft and Criticism

    War

    Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

    By Paul Auster  November 1, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Tana French on James Baldwin, Watership Down, and Hating Hawthorne

    By Book Marks  November 1, 2021
    The History of Literature

    “The King of Poets.” On Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal

    By History of Literature  November 1, 2021
    First Draft

    “Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 1, 2021
    Horror

    Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

    By Tyler Malone  October 29, 2021
    On Grief

    How Horror Mirrors the Irrevocability of Grief

    By Gus Moreno  October 29, 2021
    Taboo

    Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

    By Aimee Parkison  October 29, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Tananarive Due on Reinventing Black Horror

    By The Literary Life  October 29, 2021
    Literary Criticism

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

    By Book Marks  October 29, 2021
    Mental health

    What Therapists Are Reading to Get Through the Many Crises of the Moment

    By Chaya Bhuvaneswar  October 29, 2021
    New Books Network

    Rhys Bowen on Writing Her Version of a Dark Novel

    By New Books Network  October 29, 2021
    Writing

    How the Everyday Becomes Mythic Through Fiction

    By Andrew Siegrist  October 29, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Victoria Chang on the Real Questions that Power Stories

    By Victoria Chang  October 29, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Miriam Toews on the Rebellion of Exuberance

    By The Maris Review  October 28, 2021
    Misinformation

    The Call is Coming From Inside the House: On Fighting Disinformation

    By Nina Jankowicz  October 28, 2021
    Biography

    Breaking Through the Self-Mythologizing of the Male Artist as a Woman Biographer

    By Gabrielle Selz  October 28, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here are October’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2021
    Baseball

    Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

    By Lincoln Michel  October 28, 2021
    Lyric Essays

    What’s Missing Here? A Fragmentary, Lyric Essay About Fragmentary, Lyric Essays

    By Julie Marie Wade  October 28, 2021
    Otherppl

    Lucy Corin on the Near-Death Experience That Changed Everything

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 28, 2021
    In Conversation

    A Year Later: Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel Reflect on Political Radicalism, Inventive Aesthetics, and the Publication of Their Anthology

    By Peter Mishler  October 28, 2021
    The Hub

    “Anybody’s life could be a wonderful piece of art.” Read Maxine Hong Kingston’s best writing advice.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 27, 2021
    Nigerian Literature

    On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

    By Ọlájídé Salawu  October 27, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2021
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