• Literary Criticism

    New Books Tuesdays

    Colm Tóibín! Jamaica Kincaid plus Kara Walker! Lily Dancyger! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 7, 2024
    Latin American Literature

    What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

    By Ariel Dorfman  May 6, 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 3, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor on Solidarity, Change, and Our Interconnected World

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 2, 2024
    Children's Literature

    Finding a Home in Stories: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in May

    By Caroline Carlson  May 2, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 2, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 2, 2024
    Poetry

    Professors, Priests, Provosts, Manholes, and More: 7 Poetry Books to Read This May

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  May 2, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

    By History of Literature  May 2, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Paul Auster has died at age 77.

    By Jonny Diamond  May 1, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Zombies, Zmora, and Zo Much More: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  May 1, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Lorrie Moore! Drew Gilpin Faust! Gay lit galore! 27 books out in paperback this May.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 1, 2024
    The Cosmic Library

    The Cosmic Library Reads Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Wakefield”

    By The Cosmic Library   May 1, 2024
    Writers in Conversation

    Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

    By Nicole Chung  April 30, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Dorothy Chan! Erik Larson! Aimee Nezhukumatathil! 20 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 30, 2024
    Money

    An (Ongoing) Taxonomy of the Sad Rich Girls of Literature

    By Sanibel Lazar  April 29, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

    By AudioFile Magazine  April 29, 2024
    Nostalgia

    How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

    By Aaron Hicklin  April 26, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

    By Nell Irvin Painter  April 26, 2024
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  April 26, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 25, 2024
    Publishing

    The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists

    By Maris Kreizman  April 25, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Danielle Dutton Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 25, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Gareth Russell on Hampton Court

    By History of Literature  April 25, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Tracie McMillan on the Myth of Colorblindness

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 25, 2024
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