• Literary Criticism

    Dating

    On the Absolute Chaos of Modern Dating: A Reading List

    By Katherine Heiny  April 14, 2021
    Lit Century

    On Domestic Labor and Freedom in Excellent Women

    By Lit Century   April 13, 2021
    The Hub

    17 new books to find at your local library.

    By Katie Yee  April 13, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Five Ways to Read Henry James

    By History of Literature  April 12, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Bio-Waste: How Important Are Author Bios Anyway?

    By Jason Guriel  April 12, 2021
    African American Literature

    How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

    By Shanna Greene Benjamin  April 12, 2021
    Literary Icons

    On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

    By Mark Edmundson  April 9, 2021
    Close Reading

    The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

    By Emily Temple  April 9, 2021
    Food

    A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

    By Kate Lebo  April 9, 2021
    Jane Austen

    On the Years When Jane Austen Couldn’t Write

    By Hannah K. Chapman, Lauren Burke, & Kaley Bales  April 8, 2021
    Mental Illness

    The Imposition of Meaning: Lessons From J.M. Coetzee About the Humanity of Others

    By Ben Martin  April 8, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    What a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of Finnegans Wake

    By The Cosmic Library   April 8, 2021
    Reading Lists

    How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

    By Morgan Jerkins  April 8, 2021
    Linguistics

    Imaginary Histories: How Tolkien’s Fascination with Language Shaped His Literary World

    By Damien Bador  April 8, 2021
    The Hub

    Vive the erotic far left! Why Violette Leduc’s The Taxi needs a new translation.

    By Jonny Diamond  April 7, 2021
    On Writing

    Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

    By Kristin Iversen  April 7, 2021
    Marginalia

    Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation

    By Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia  April 7, 2021
    Thresholds

    Fariha Róisín on Learning to Care Less About the Publishing World’s Rules

    By Thresholds   April 7, 2021
    Close Reading

    On the Role of Zen Buddhism in the Stories of J.D. Salinger

    By Avram Alpert  April 7, 2021
    Reading Women

    Why Adults Should Read More Middle Grade Books

    By Reading Women  April 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are 6 books Tom Waits should read that aren’t Kerouac or Bukowski.

    By Jonny Diamond  April 6, 2021
    Lit Century

    On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

    By Lit Century   April 6, 2021
    Reading Lists

    7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

    By Steven Hall  April 6, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
    of Reading

    By The Quarantine Tapes  April 6, 2021
    new books tuesday

    Here are 18 fresh titles for your new books Tuesday.

    By Katie Yee  April 6, 2021
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