How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

Winner Gets a Prize*

By Emily Temple | February 24, 2021

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

On the Brilliance of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and the Intimacy of Everyday Evil

By Jonathan Lethem | February 24, 2021

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

Hermione Lee Considers the Algorithmic Genius of Arcadia

By Hermione Lee | February 24, 2021

Lauren Oyler: In Defense of Autofiction

Lauren Oyler: In Defense of Autofiction

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | February 24, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>She Come by It Natural</em> by Sarah Smarsh

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: She Come by It Natural by Sarah Smarsh

Colette Bancroft on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Colette Bancroft | February 24, 2021

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | February 24, 2021

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How I Ruined Goodnight Moon for Karen on Goodreads

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Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

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Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard: Further Evidence That All Stories Are Hauntings

By Lit Century | February 23, 2021

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

The Author of Land of Big Numbers Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 23, 2021

14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

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By Katie Yee | February 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Hamnet</em> by<br> Maggie O’Farrell

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Colette Bancroft on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By Colette Bancroft | February 23, 2021

When the Dreaded Reading Slump Comes Calling

When the Dreaded Reading Slump Comes Calling

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 23, 2021

Megan Giddings’s <em>Lakewood</em> is an Undeniable Classic of<br> Black Horror

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Steffan Triplett on Writing Towards the Boundaries of Reality

By Steffan Triplett | February 22, 2021

Anna North on Reimagining a Wild West... That's Good to Mothers

Anna North on Reimagining a Wild West... That's Good to Mothers

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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