• Literary Criticism

    Reading Lists

    The 50 Greatest Apocalypse Novels

    By Emily Temple  October 27, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, October Edition

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2020
    Philosophy

    Michiko Kakutani on
    Why We Love Books

    By Michiko Kakutani  October 26, 2020
    Lit Crit

    On Patrick Modiano and Perfecting the Art of Repetition

    By Mark Polizzoti  October 26, 2020
    The History of Literature

    We Have Edgar Allan Poe to Thank for the Detective Story

    By History of Literature  October 26, 2020
    Nature Writing

    Sylvia Plath… Nature Writer?

    By Marlena Williams  October 23, 2020
    In Translation

    Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked

    By David Boyd  October 23, 2020
    Indian Literature

    The Enduring Strength and Richness of Kashmir’s
    Literary Life

    By Sharanya Deepak  October 23, 2020
    Art

    Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

    By Anne Carson  October 22, 2020
    The Writing Life

    Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

    By Molly Spencer  October 22, 2020
    Poetry

    Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

    By Nikki Giovanni  October 21, 2020
    In Memoriam

    After My Partner’s Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

    By Megan Marshall  October 21, 2020
    Art and Politics

    On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

    By Polly Barton  October 21, 2020
    Art and Politics

    Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

    By Czesław Miłosz  October 21, 2020
    Reading Women

    On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

    By Reading Women  October 21, 2020
    Fantasy

    Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

    By Marlon James  October 20, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

    By Daniel Tam-Claiborne  October 20, 2020
    Lit Century

    Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

    By Lit Century   October 20, 2020
    Gender and Politics

    On Beauty, Sexual Violence, and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

    By Kanako Nishi  October 20, 2020
    Criticism

    On the Unexpected Hopefulness of Don DeLillo’s The Silence

    By Alexander Sammartino  October 19, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happens When You Open a Phone Line for People to Gush About Their Favorite Books

    By History of Literature  October 19, 2020
    Poetry

    The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

    By Maureen N. McLane  October 16, 2020
    Criticism

    The Delight of Daniel Mendelsohn

    By James K.A. Smith  October 16, 2020
    Dictators

    From Napoleon to Trump, on the
    Tyrant As Troll

    By Liesl Schillinger  October 15, 2020
    Jane Austen

    Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked

    By Emily Temple  October 15, 2020
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