• Literary Criticism

    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Miranda July Recommends the Best Way to Procrastinate

    By Miranda July  May 23, 2024
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 23, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  May 23, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 23, 2024
    Poetry

    “To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

    By Literary Hub  May 22, 2024
    craft advice

    On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

    By Leah Hager Cohen  May 22, 2024
    The Cosmic Library

    The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

    By The Cosmic Library   May 22, 2024
    Fame

    Oprah’s Book Club and… Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

    By Cass R. Sunstein  May 21, 2024
    Book Recommendations

    Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

    By Kevin Kwan  May 21, 2024
    Rereadings

    Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

    By Jessie Gaynor  May 21, 2024
    African American Literature

    “Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

    By Yogita Goyal  May 21, 2024
    In Conversation

    R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 21, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 21, 2024
    Writing About Disability

    What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

    By Emily C. Bloom  May 20, 2024
    craft advice

    The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

    By J. Nicole Jones  May 20, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 17, 2024
    Hybridity

    A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

    By Dao Strom  May 17, 2024
    Superstitions

    Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

    By Jessie Rosen  May 17, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 16, 2024
    In Memoriam

    My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

    By Jonny Diamond  May 16, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 16, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 16, 2024
    Small Town Stories

    We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

    By Carolyn Kuebler  May 16, 2024
    On Translation

    The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

    By Jordan Landsman  May 16, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

    By History of Literature  May 16, 2024
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