• Craft and Criticism

    Book Dreams

    How a World-Renowned Magician Stays in Touch with Wonder

    By Book Dreams  September 30, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lucy Ellmann: “It’s Time For Men to Read Books By Women”

    By Literary Hub  September 29, 2021
    Thresholds

    Andrew Martin on the Fine Line Between Autofiction and Autobiographical Fiction

    By Thresholds   September 29, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Saying a Few Words About My Novel at the Aphasia Self-Help Group

    By Jon McGregor  September 29, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

    By Book Marks  September 29, 2021
    Otherppl

    Louise Nealon on Jealousy, Naivety, and Running to Catch Up with Her Characters

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 29, 2021
    Reading Women

    Lauren Groff on the Complexities of Faith in Her New Book

    By Reading Women  September 29, 2021
    The Hub

    13 new books to look forward to this week.

    By Katie Yee  September 29, 2021
    Lit Century

    On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic Lucy

    By Lit Century   September 28, 2021
    On Translation

    On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

    By Ari Honarvar  September 28, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

    By Sophie Ward  September 28, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

    By So Many Damn Books  September 28, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Sandra Cisneros on the Need for Dialogue With the Ones You Love

    By The Literary Life  September 27, 2021
    Grief

    Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

    By Christopher Sorrentino  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

    By Book Marks  September 27, 2021
    Craft

    Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

    By Askold Melnyczuk  September 27, 2021
    Fascism

    Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

    By Lauren Arrington  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

    By Megan Milks  September 27, 2021
    Theater

    On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

    By Casey Kayser  September 27, 2021
    Otherppl

    Rachel Long on the “Unlanguage” of Writing About the Body

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 27, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

    By History of Literature  September 27, 2021
    First Draft

    Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 27, 2021
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