Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

By Katie Yee | February 16, 2022

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

By Anthony Domestico | February 16, 2022

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 16, 2022

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Atmospherians

By Book Marks | February 16, 2022

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

Erin Morgenstern on Why We Return to Alice

By Erin Morgenstern | February 16, 2022

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Mary Kuryla Recommends Toni Morrison, Joy Williams, T Kira Madden, and Others

By Mary Kuryla | February 16, 2022

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Roni Cohen-Sandler on Raising Self-Reliant Teenage Girls in the Age of the Internet

By Keen On | February 16, 2022

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

By Ilan Stavans | February 16, 2022

On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

By Morgan Jerkins | February 16, 2022

Eric Pliner on What To Do When the Algorithm Doesn’t Have the Answer

Eric Pliner on What To Do When the Algorithm Doesn’t Have the Answer

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 16, 2022

Garrett Hongo on His Audio Obsession

Garrett Hongo on His Audio Obsession

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 16, 2022

15 new books to love this week.

15 new books to love this week.

By Katie Yee | February 15, 2022

“We Get to Be Young Only Once.” On My Life-Changing Discovery of Laurie Colwin

“We Get to Be Young Only Once.” On My Life-Changing Discovery of Laurie Colwin

How Kim Fay Read—and Ate—Her Way Through Home Cooking During Her Formative Years

By Kim Fay | February 15, 2022

On the Feminine Urge to Murder

On the Feminine Urge to Murder

Heather O'Neill Considers Rage and Femininity

By Heather O'Neill | February 15, 2022

The Unspeakable Through the Diminutive: Read a 1986 Review of <em>Maus</em>

The Unspeakable Through the Diminutive: Read a 1986 Review of Maus

The New York Times on Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-Winning Graphic Novel

By Book Marks | February 15, 2022

Leigh Stein on Writing a Pandemic Time Capsule

Leigh Stein on Writing a Pandemic Time Capsule

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | February 15, 2022

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