• Craft and Criticism

    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Red Comet by Heather Clark

    By Tara Wanda Merrigan  March 3, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Johnny Temple on the Elitism of the Publishing Industry

    By The Quarantine Tapes  March 3, 2021
    The Hub

    17 new books to look forward to.

    By Katie Yee  March 2, 2021
    Being A Writer

    MFA vs. MBA? Finding Unlikely Literary Inspiration at Harvard Business School

    By Isabel Yap  March 2, 2021
    Lit Century

    On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

    By Lit Century   March 2, 2021
    Creative Partnerships

    Isabel Allende on Literary Ambition and the Power of Mentorship

    By Isabel Allende  March 2, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Wayne Koestenbaum on His Quarantine-Induced Need to Read Poetry

    By The Quarantine Tapes  March 2, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations

    By Ann Beattie  March 2, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Home Baked by Alia Volz

    By Stephanie Burt  March 2, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Obit by Victoria Chang

    By Charles Finch  March 1, 2021
    Film

    (Almost) Every Cultural Reference in Pretend It’s a City, Annotated

    By Annie Berke  March 1, 2021
    On Race

    Ijeoma Oluo on the Pervasive Impact of White Mediocrity

    By Jasmine J. Mahmoud  March 1, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  March 1, 2021
    Language

    A Shipwrecked Mother Tongue: On Confronting Linguistic Dispossession

    By Claudio Lomnitz  March 1, 2021
    First Draft

    Natalie West on the False Binary of Sex Work Narratives

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 1, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Brief Life and Towering Accomplishments of Lorraine Hansberry

    By History of Literature  March 1, 2021
    Politics

    When Fiction Bears Witness to a Crime Against Humanity

    By Kim Echlin  March 1, 2021
    Red Ink Series

    Live at the Red Ink Series: On Making Choices in a Writing Career

    By Literary Hub  March 1, 2021
    The Writing Life

    When a Young Literary Star Refuses the Spotlight

    By Simon Leser  February 26, 2021
    Horror

    The Best Nightmarish Fiction:
    A Reading List

    By Angela Buck  February 26, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Dantiel W. Moniz on Writing Stories That Are Felt in the Body

    By The Literary Life  February 26, 2021
    Jewish American Authors

    A Star is Born: Tracing the Rise and Fall of a Jewish Immigrant Turned Realist Author

    By Catherine Rottenberg  February 26, 2021
    Queer Identity

    The (Semi-Hidden) History of Queer Pregnancy in Literature

    By Alicia Andrzejewski  February 26, 2021
    NBCC Awards

    This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: The Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayétu Moore

    By Marion Winik  February 26, 2021
    New Books Network

    Something Old, Something New: Arranged Marriage In a Time-Traveling Future

    By New Books Network  February 26, 2021
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