• Literary Criticism

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    Playing With Time: On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams

    By Alizah Holstein  June 25, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

    By The Critic and Her Publics   June 25, 2024
    Dystopias

    75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

    By Elif Shafak  June 24, 2024
    Fantasy

    The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

    By Verlyn Flieger  June 24, 2024
    Melodrama

    Brief Encounters: On Claire Messud’s Melodramas

    By Rafaela Bassili  June 24, 2024
    Relationships

    Reading Jill Ciment’s Consent As a Former Teenage Bride

    By Rafia Zakaria  June 24, 2024
    Ukrainian Literature

    The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s Dom’s Dream Kingdom

    By Héctor Abad  June 24, 2024
    Abortion Rights

    Roe, Dobbs, and Reproductive Justice Lit: A Reading List for Abortion Advocacy

    By Merle Hoffman  June 24, 2024
    Reading Lists

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  June 21, 2024
    Reissues

    Exposing Vulnerability: On Robert Olmstead’s Stay Here with Me

    By Brock Clarke  June 20, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Nicolás Medina Mora on Mexico’s First Woman President and the Country’s Political Future

    By Fiction Non Fiction  June 20, 2024
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 20, 2024
    Southern literature

    The Paradox of the Contemporary Southern Writer

    By Levi Vonk  June 18, 2024
    Autofiction

    How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

    By Matt Young  June 18, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Rachel Cusk! Francine Prose! Thom Gunn! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 18, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Nicholson Baker on Finding His Likeness

    By History of Literature  June 18, 2024
    Historical Fiction

    In the Beginning… Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

    By Patrick Nathan  June 17, 2024
    On Memoir

    The Limitations of Autobiography: Jill Ciment on Continually Revising the Past

    By Michelle Hart  June 17, 2024
    Adolescence

    Going to “Girl Church.” 5 Books that Explore Female Friendship and Adolescence

    By Maggie Nye  June 17, 2024
    Magazines

    The Art of Hanging Out: On the Golden Age of the Celebrity Profile

    By Alex Belth  June 14, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Call Out My Friend For Using AI in Her Newsletter: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  June 14, 2024
    Queer Characters

    Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

    By John Copenhaver  June 14, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  June 14, 2024
    Rereadings

    In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

    By Mia Manzulli  June 14, 2024
    Bloomsday

    A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

    By Kristopher Jansma  June 14, 2024
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