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

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

“An exquisitely bleak incantation...” “A little showy, a little glib...”

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Sophie Ward Recommends Jennifer Egan, Han Kang, the Brothers Grimm, and More

By Sophie Ward | September 28, 2021

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

So Many Damn Books on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | September 28, 2021

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

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

Featuring a George Washington Travelogue, a Holocaust Story of Survival, a History of Cuba, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

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

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

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | September 27, 2021

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

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  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

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

By Book Marks | September 27, 2021

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

By Askold Melnyczuk | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Megan Milks Recommends Kiese Laymon, Sofia Samatar, and Others

By Megan Milks | September 27, 2021

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

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

Casey Kayser Discusses the Barriers that Hold Women Playwrights Back

By Casey Kayser | September 27, 2021

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

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

This Week on Otherppl with Brad Listi

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 27, 2021

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

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

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 27, 2021

Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

By Jonny Diamond | September 24, 2021

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from <em>War and Peace</em>

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from War and Peace

“The line will always be crossed.”

By Yiyun Li | September 24, 2021

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