• Craft and Criticism

    Paperbacks

    20 Great Paperback Books Out This November

    By Arianna Rebolini  November 5, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Two Lines Press

    By Corinne Segal  November 5, 2021
    New Books Network

    Jennifer Marie Brissett on How and Why the Myth of Persephone Resonates with Women

    By New Books Network  November 5, 2021
    The Common

    “All These Stories Stem from that Moment.” Julian Zabalbeascoa on Writing About His Basque Heritage

    By The Common  November 5, 2021
    The Literary Life

    2021 Holiday Gift Recommendations from the Booksellers at Books & Books

    By The Literary Life  November 5, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    Five Great Books You May Have Missed in October

    By Bethanne Patrick  November 5, 2021
    In Conversation

    On Grit: How Cheryl Strayed Learned to Ride Into Battle

    By Debbie Millman  November 4, 2021
    Book Collection

    What I Learned While Cataloguing an Entire Library of 19th-Century Schoolbooks

    By Kim Beil  November 4, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Ha Jin on the Importance of Writing Lasting Literature

    By Fiction Non Fiction  November 4, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Ash Davidson on Learning the Language of Logging

    By The Maris Review  November 4, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Defiant Women and Defiant Books: A Reading List

    By Amy Butcher  November 4, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week (Ron Charles Does Not Like the New Mitch Albom)

    By Book Marks  November 4, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Wil Haygood and Michael Schultz on the History of Black Cinema

    By The Virtual Book Channel  November 4, 2021
    Book Dreams

    How Ancient Greek Theater Speaks to Modern Issues of Public Health and Social Justice

    By Book Dreams  November 4, 2021
    Otherppl

    Matthew Clark Davison on Leaving Home at 15

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 4, 2021
    Thresholds

    “Is This Really a Good Idea?” Susan Orlean on Getting Over Her Own Skepticism

    By Thresholds   November 3, 2021
    Adoption

    Survival Dictionary: The Book that Helped Me Define the Terms of My Adoption Memoir

    By Jan Beatty  November 3, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Savanna Ganucheau on the Influences of Manga in Her Work

    By NewberyTart   November 3, 2021
    Reading Women

    Jung Yun on Exploring the Tensions Between “Insiders” and “Outsiders” in Her New Book

    By Reading Women  November 3, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Kyle Lucia Wu on James Baldwin, Qiu Miaojin, and Brandon Taylor

    By Book Marks  November 3, 2021
    The Hub

    Dear parents of young kids: do you live-edit bad children’s books as you’re reading them?

    By Jonny Diamond  November 2, 2021
    Football

    A Case for Football as the Most Literary of American Sports

    By Corey Sobel  November 2, 2021
    Recommended Reading

    Tom McCarthy on the Supreme Beauty of Edouard Glissant’s The Poetics of Relation

    By Tom McCarthy  November 2, 2021
    The Midwest

    On Jay Gatsby, the Most Famous North Dakotan

    By Sarah Vogel  November 2, 2021
    Lit Century

    “This Is What Poetry’s For.” On Returning to the Work of Louise Glück

    By Lit Century   November 2, 2021
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