• Literary Criticism

    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

    By Literary Hub  May 25, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

    By Literary Hub  May 25, 2022
    Thresholds

    Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

    By Thresholds   May 25, 2022
    Otherppl

    Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 25, 2022
    In Conversation

    Elif Batuman on the Need For Novels (And When Male Writers Describe Oral Sex)

    By Kristin Iversen  May 24, 2022
    In Memoriam

    On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

    By Michael Lindgren  May 24, 2022
    Summer reading

    Is Summer Finally Here? 8 Books Set on the Jersey Shore

    By Katie Runde  May 24, 2022
    new books tuesday

    15 new books to help you get through the week.

    By Katie Yee  May 24, 2022
    Celebrity

    Elizabeth Hardwick on the Capable Coolness of Faye Dunaway

    By Elizabeth Hardwick  May 23, 2022
    Chinese Literature

    How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own

    By Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas  May 23, 2022
    Reading Lists

    Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

    By Dennard Dayle  May 23, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Considering the Morals of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

    By History of Literature  May 23, 2022
    Language

    Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X

    By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza  May 20, 2022
    In Conversation

    A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 20, 2022
    Queers at the End of the World

    Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis and the Erotics of Power

    By Queers at the End of the World  May 20, 2022
    Micro

    Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

    By Micro   May 20, 2022
    New Books Network

    Khan Wong on Hula Hooping, Asexuality, and Creating the Universe of His Debut Novel

    By New Books Network  May 20, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Annie Harnett on What Living in a Cemetery Meant to Her Novel

    By The Maris Review  May 19, 2022
    On Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  May 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 19, 2022
    Ukraine

    The Spirit of Ukrainian Resistance: Five Poems by Marjana Savka

    By Literary Hub  May 18, 2022
    Artists

    How Greenwich Village Bohemians Found Their Way to Provincetown

    By John Taylor Williams  May 18, 2022
    Literary History

    Looking at Willa Cather’s Lesbian Partnership and Domestic World

    By Melissa Homestead  May 18, 2022
    Otherppl

    Mary Laura Philpott on Why Structure Is Always Story

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 18, 2022
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