Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

On the Political, Social, and Literary Forces That Led to a Proliferation of the Genre

By Phillip Lopate | April 5, 2021

Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 5, 2021

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

On the Rise and Fall of Fictional Rock Stars

Glenn Dixon Talks Bootleg Stardust and His Favorite (Fake) Bands

By Glenn Dixon | April 5, 2021

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Cynthia L. Haven Celebrates the Life and Work of an Unsung Translator and Intellectual

By Cynthia L. Haven | April 5, 2021

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Why Are Female Stutterers Such a Rarity in Literature?

Sophia Stewart on Merry Levov and American Pastoral

By Sophia Stewart | April 2, 2021

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

Edward Hirsch Gives a Close Reading of Hayden's Unsentimental
Poem of Childhood

By Edward Hirsch | April 2, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
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  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

By Corinne Segal | April 2, 2021

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
Elizabeth Bishop

By James Merrill | April 1, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

Reading James Joyce’s <em>Finnegans Wake</em>... Without Trying to Decode It

Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake... Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 1, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Elisa Sotgiu on Reading Gender and Class in One of the Great Literary Mysteries of Our Time

By Elisa Sotgiu | March 31, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books </br>of the Month

The Best Reviewed Books
of the Month

Featuring New Titles by Kazuo Ishiguro, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Melissa Febos, Walter Isaacson, and more

By Book Marks | March 31, 2021

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Writers, Indeed, Can Be Mean

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2021

Revisiting <em>Speedboat</em> in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

Revisiting Speedboat in Search of a New York City That Never Really Existed

Emily Temple Gives in to the Pandemic-Induced Nostalgia

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2021

Gabriela Garcia on the Interplay Between Literature and Class Consciousness

Gabriela Garcia on the Interplay Between Literature and Class Consciousness

The Author of Of Women and Salt Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | March 30, 2021

Sherry Turkle on AI and the Perils of Pretend Empathy

Sherry Turkle on AI and the Perils of Pretend Empathy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | March 30, 2021

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