• Literary Criticism

    The History of Literature

    The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

    By History of Literature  November 9, 2020
    The Writing Life

    No One Gets Sylvia Plath

    By Emily Van Duyne  November 6, 2020
    Children's Lit

    Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

    By Leanne Hall  November 6, 2020
    Poetry

    Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet
    Ana Cristina Cesar

    By Elisa Wouk Almino  November 6, 2020
    New Books Network

    P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

    By New Books Network  November 6, 2020
    Lit Crit

    A Brief History of Citational Fiction and the Literary Supercut

    By Tom Comitta  November 5, 2020
    On Memoir

    The First Mughal Emperor’s Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

    By William Dalrymple  November 5, 2020
    Titles

    What We Talk About When We Talk About This Title Format

    By Fiona Bell  November 4, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen’s Passing

    By Lit Century   November 3, 2020
    Work

    Becoming a Zoom Typewriter Poet for Hire

    By Brian Sonia-Wallace  November 3, 2020
    NewberyTart

    On Carl Hiaasen, Florida Childhoods, and Catching Alligators

    By NewberyTart   November 3, 2020
    Criticism

    Gabriel García Márquez: On Taking Writers at Their Word

    By Gabriel García Márquez  November 2, 2020
    The History of Literature

    George Orwell’s 1984 is Always Just Around the Corner

    By History of Literature  November 2, 2020
    Ghosts!

    How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

    By M Dressler  October 30, 2020
    Film Criticism

    Adaptations Within Adaptations: How the Writer Anna Kavan Ends Up in Charlie Kaufman’s Latest Film

    By Tobias Carroll  October 30, 2020
    Ghosts!

    Ghosts, Demons, and Depression: Writers and Their Many Hauntings

    By Claire Cronin  October 30, 2020
    Criticism

    Rituals of Housekeeping, Memories of Home: On Marilynne Robinson’s
    First Novel

    By Madelaine Lucas  October 29, 2020
    Biography

    A New, Monumental Biography Shows Sylvia Plath as a Woman of Her Time

    By Emily Van Duyne  October 29, 2020
    Poetry

    The Best Dog Poems Reveal the Good and the Mischievous in Our Canine Friends

    By Duncan Wu  October 29, 2020
    On Poetry

    On John Milton, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Poet Who Laughed at Purgatory

    By Nicholas McDowell  October 29, 2020
    Technology

    The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, October Edition

    By Book Marks  October 29, 2020
    Writer's Retreats

    On Sylvia Plath’s Creative Breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony

    By Heather Clark  October 28, 2020
    Poets

    Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery

    By Douglas Crase  October 28, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, October Edition

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2020
    The Hub

    16 new books to buy from your local indie bookstore this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 27, 2020
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