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Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving, 
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

Gabriela Houston on Finding the Right Scale in Fiction

By Gabriela Houston | March 8, 2021

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and<br> Killer Deer

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and
Killer Deer

The Author of American Delirium Speaks With Yuri Herrera

By Yuri Herrera | March 8, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration</em> by Nicole R. Fleetwood

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole R. Fleetwood

J. Howard Rosier on One of the Finalists for Criticism

By J. Howard Rosier | March 8, 2021

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

Alan M. Klein on the Mystery of Ronald Lane Latimer

By Alan M. Klein | March 5, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Homie</em> by Danez Smith

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Homie by Danez Smith

Diego Báez on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Diego Báez | March 5, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Stranger Faces by Namwali Serpell

By Jane Ciabattari | March 4, 2021

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

By Jonny Diamond | March 3, 2021

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in <em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em>

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in Portnoy’s Complaint

“How much can fictional representation actually achieve in acting as a foundation for self-respect?”

By Huda Awan | March 3, 2021

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

Forsyth Harmon Recommends Raven Leilani, Makenna Goodman, and More

By Forsyth Harmon | March 3, 2021

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | March 3, 2021

Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?

Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?

W.S. Winslow Tries to Define a Recondite Genre

By W.S. Winslow | March 3, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Red Comet</em> by Heather Clark

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Red Comet by Heather Clark

Tara Wanda Merrigan on One of the Finalists for Biography

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | March 3, 2021

17 new books to look forward to.

17 new books to look forward to.

By Katie Yee | March 2, 2021

On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 2, 2021

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