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

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

Summer Reading, Pt. 3

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2021

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Ali Black Considers the Shape of Voice, Theme, and Symbolism

By Ali Black | August 2, 2021

Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in <em>The Baby-Sitters Club</em>

Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club

Chanté Griffin Considers Black Characters Then and Now

By Chanté Griffin | August 2, 2021

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 2, 2021

On the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac, “King of the Beats”

On the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac, “King of the Beats”

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 2, 2021

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | July 30, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

The Syntax of Belonging: On the Profound Connection Between Identity and Language

By Pardis Mahdavi | July 30, 2021

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

"You don't always have to talk." Read Chang-rae Lee's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

Bo McMillan on the Novels of L.J. Davis and What Certain Kinds of Stories Reveal About Cities

By Bo McMillan | July 29, 2021

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s <em>Absalom, Absalom!</em>?

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Faulkner’s Fiction, His Longtime Home, and the University of Mississippi

By W. Ralph Eubanks | July 29, 2021

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

Writers Consider What Books Can, and Can't, Do for Kids

By Megan Otto | July 29, 2021

<em>The Green Knight</em> Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

And yes, Dev Patel slaps.

By Emily Temple | July 29, 2021

Introducing the New Editor of the <em>Oxford American</em>: Danielle A. Jackson

Introducing the New Editor of the Oxford American: Danielle A. Jackson

“I like stories that trouble borders and boundaries we have all taken for granted for too long.”

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 29, 2021

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