On Domestic Labor and Freedom in <em>Excellent Women</em>

On Domestic Labor and Freedom in Excellent Women

V.V. Ganeshananthan Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 13, 2021

17 new books to find at your local library.

17 new books to find at your local library.

By Katie Yee | April 13, 2021

Five Ways to Read Henry James

Five Ways to Read Henry James

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 12, 2021

Bio-Waste: How Important Are Author Bios Anyway?

Bio-Waste: How Important Are Author Bios Anyway?

Jason Guriel Finds Major Meaning in Minor Texts

By Jason Guriel | April 12, 2021

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

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

Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Broader Narrative of
Black Women’s Intellectualism

By Shanna Greene Benjamin | April 12, 2021

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

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

“The first experience of literary love tends, like the first experience of erotic love, to come in youth.”

By Mark Edmundson | April 9, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
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  • The Six Loves of James I

The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2021

A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

By Kate Lebo | April 9, 2021

On the Years When Jane Austen Couldn't Write

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

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

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

Dr. Ben Martin on the Real Life and Times of “Mr. S.”

By Ben Martin | April 8, 2021

What a Sleep Specialist Has to Say About the Dreaminess of <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

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

This Week on Finnegan and Friends, a Podcast About the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 8, 2021

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

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

Morgan Jerkins Recommends Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, and More

By Morgan Jerkins | April 8, 2021

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

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

Damien Bador on the Origins of a Fantasy Classic

By Damien Bador | April 8, 2021

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

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

By Jonny Diamond | April 7, 2021

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

The Author of Peaces in Conversation with Kristin Iversen

By Kristin Iversen | April 7, 2021

Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation

Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation

For As Long As There Have Been Printed Books, There Has Been Marginalia

By Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia | April 7, 2021

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