• Literary Criticism

    The Hub

    13 new books to get you through this work week.

    By Katie Yee  June 21, 2022
    The History of Literature

    A Close Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because I could not stop for Death”

    By History of Literature  June 21, 2022
    Language

    The Coordination of 100 Muscles: On Reclaiming Speech as a Stutterer

    By John Whittier Treat  June 21, 2022
    Language

    What a Global Approach to Writing Teaches Us

    By Ru Freeman  June 21, 2022
    Juneteenth

    The Creative Rebellion of Black Liberated Life: A Reading List for Juneteenth

    By Kris Manjapra  June 20, 2022
    Summer reading

    The Ultimate Summer 2022 Reading List

    By Emily Temple  June 17, 2022
    Young Adult

    Gothics, Whodunnits, Psychologicals, Historicals, and More: 19 Young Adult Reads for the Summer

    By Molly Odintz  June 17, 2022
    literary criticism

    Annie Proulx Revisits William Golding’s Rites of Passage

    By Annie Proulx  June 17, 2022
    What to Watch

    Does George Saunders’s Escape From Spiderhead Stand Up on Film?

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  June 17, 2022
    Father's Day

    Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To

    By Kevin Koczwara  June 17, 2022
    Reading Lists

    “Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

    By Gareth Owen  June 17, 2022
    Nature Writing

    All Tomorrow’s Fables: How Do We Write About This Vanishing World?

    By Daegan Miller  June 16, 2022
    Girlhood

    On the Importance of Stories That Take Teenage Girls Seriously

    By Kaitlyn Tiffany  June 16, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Melissa Chadburn on the Moment You Realize Not Everyone Loves You Back

    By The Maris Review  June 16, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 16, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Arinze Ifeakandu and Brandon Taylor on Queer Love in Fiction

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 16, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Darcie Little Badger: “Stories Can Be Vessels for Knowledge”

    By NewberyTart   June 16, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Sara Gran on That Unputdownable Quality of Mysteries

    By Book Dreams  June 16, 2022
    Thresholds

    Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

    By Thresholds   June 15, 2022
    Otherppl

    Sloane Crosley: Can You Write Funny If You’re Not Naturally Funny?

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  June 15, 2022
    Magazines

    The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women’s Magazines

    By Jess McHugh  June 15, 2022
    The Hub

    This is the most niche book recommendation I’ve ever made.

    By Emily Temple  June 14, 2022
    Summer reading

    Our 15 Favorite Summery Novels for Summer Reading

    By Emily Temple  June 14, 2022
    Comics

    From Garfield to Black Panther: Nnedi Okorafor on the Power of Comics

    By Nnedi Okorafor  June 14, 2022
    The Hub

    20 new books coming into the world today.

    By Katie Yee  June 14, 2022
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