• Literary Criticism

    Russian Literature

    The Master, Margarita, and I: Paul Goldberg on the Third Rail of the Russian Classic

    By Paul Goldberg  June 6, 2023
    The Cosmic Library

    An Introduction to Journey to the West, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

    By The Cosmic Library   June 6, 2023
    Read Smart

    Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

    By Read Smart  June 6, 2023
    Keen On

    Siena Sterling on Twisted Plots, Twisted People, and Twisted Writers Like Highsmith and Dostoevsky

    By Keen On  June 6, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    29 new books out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 6, 2023
    On Craft

    Revise, Revise! Anna Badkhen on the Joys of Revision

    By Anna Badkhen  June 5, 2023
    New Poetry

    7 New Poetry Collections to Read in June

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  June 5, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Read in June

    By Natalie Zutter  June 5, 2023
    Rereadings

    Why The Turn of the Screw Haunts Us 125 Years Later

    By Kate Griffin  June 5, 2023
    The Writing Life

    The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

    By Dan Simon  June 5, 2023
    Italian Literature

    Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella Valentino

    By Alexander Chee  June 5, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

    By History of Literature  June 5, 2023
    The Booker Revisited

    The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard

    By Lucy Scholes  June 2, 2023
    What to Watch

    A Guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

    By Jihane Bousfiha  June 2, 2023
    Keen On

    Elliot Ackerman imagines an America of President Al Gore in Which There is Technology That Can Resurrect Dead People

    By Keen On  June 2, 2023
    Interview with a Poet

    André Naffis-Sahely on the Power of Time, Temporality, and Memory

    By Peter Mishler  June 2, 2023
    Technology

    Andrew Krivak on War, Language, Memory, and Why ChatGPT Will Never Understand Beauty

    By Keen On  June 2, 2023
    Muslim women

    Mirrors Rarely Exist: Zara Raheem on Finding Muslim Women in Fiction

    By Zara Raheem  June 2, 2023
    Otherppl

    Look, Think, Share with Friends: Bea Setton Breaks Down Her Writing Process

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  June 2, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Ten LGBTQ+ Authors on the Books That Taught Them

    By Samantha Paige Rosen  June 1, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  June 1, 2023
    Pride

    What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride 

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  June 1, 2023
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 1, 2023
    Queer Literature

    The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

    By Cat Sebastian  June 1, 2023
    rebirth

    Boundaries Dissolve: Joanna Biggs on Reading Ferrante With Other Women

    By Joanna Biggs  June 1, 2023
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