• Literary Criticism

    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  July 18, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 18, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

    By History of Literature  July 18, 2024
    Millennials?

    What is the Millennial Midlife Crisis Novel?

    By Brittany Allen  July 17, 2024
    Speculative fiction

    A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

    By Minsoo Kang  July 17, 2024
    Craft and Advice

    Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín

    By Literary Hub  July 17, 2024
    Craft and Criticism

    Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”

    By Jeffrey Eugenides  July 17, 2024
    literary criticism

    Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín

    By Yiyun Li  July 17, 2024
    Goths

    Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

    By Alisa Alering  July 17, 2024
    Children's Literature

    How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

    By Rachelle Bergstein  July 16, 2024
    For the Record

    What the New York Times Missed:
    71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

    By Literary Hub  July 16, 2024
    In Conversation

    Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 16, 2024
    literary criticism

    Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

    By Joy Williams  July 16, 2024
    Reckonings

    Crooked Parallels: On Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, and My Mother’s Failure to Protect Me

    By Jonny Diamond  July 12, 2024
    In Conversation

    Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

    By Literary Hub  July 12, 2024
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  July 12, 2024
    Historical Fiction

    “I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

    By Howard Norman  July 12, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    My Local Indie Won’t Stock My Buzzy Debut and I’m Pissed: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  July 11, 2024
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  July 11, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 11, 2024
    In Conversation

    A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

    By Sarah Viren  July 10, 2024
    Representation

    Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

    By Asha Thanki  July 10, 2024
    Irish Literature

    Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

    By Jan Carson  July 10, 2024
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s Counternarratives

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 10, 2024
    Publishing

    If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

    By Maris Kreizman  July 9, 2024
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