• Literary Criticism

    Lyric Essays

    What’s Missing Here? A Fragmentary, Lyric Essay About Fragmentary, Lyric Essays

    By Julie Marie Wade  October 28, 2021
    In Conversation

    A Year Later: Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel Reflect on Political Radicalism, Inventive Aesthetics, and the Publication of Their Anthology

    By Peter Mishler  October 28, 2021
    Nigerian Literature

    On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

    By Ọlájídé Salawu  October 27, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2021
    Keen On

    William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

    By Keen On  October 27, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Veera Hiranandani on Writing Fiction as a Way of Understanding the Partition

    By NewberyTart   October 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Rax King on Giovanni’s Room, A Little Life, and Susan Choi’s Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2021
    Psychology

    “The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

    By Josh Cohen  October 26, 2021
    Writing

    Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

    By Teju Cole  October 26, 2021
    Lit Century

    Revisiting Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train

    By Lit Century   October 26, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  October 26, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Hari Kunzru on Sartre, Red Pill, and His New Instagram Account

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 26, 2021
    In Memoriam

    Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

    By Terry Tempest Williams  October 26, 2021
    Craft

    How Should You Name Your Characters?

    By Alison Stine  October 26, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    Ruth Ozeki on Writing About the Respectful Relationships with Material Objects

    By So Many Damn Books  October 26, 2021
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

    By Book Marks  October 26, 2021
    new books tuesday

    15 new books coming out today.

    By Katie Yee  October 26, 2021
    Keen On

    W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

    By Keen On  October 26, 2021
    The Hub

    An ode to the brilliant, hilarious opening scene of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 25, 2021
    First Draft

    Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 25, 2021
    Queer Lit

    Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

    By Tice Cin  October 25, 2021
    Wrestling

    Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

    By Gene Kwak  October 25, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and Black Beauty

    By Book Marks  October 25, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Samantha Silva on Writing a Novel About Mary Wollstonecraft

    By History of Literature  October 25, 2021
    News and Culture

    Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

    By Olivia Rutigliano  October 22, 2021
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