Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

John Copenhaver on Conflating Queerness with Evil

By John Copenhaver | June 14, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Griffin Dunne, Rufi Thorpe, Questlove, Paul Tremblay, and More

By Book Marks | June 14, 2024

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

Mia Manzulli on the Perennial Allure of Colwin's Worlds

By Mia Manzulli | June 14, 2024

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

Kristopher Jansma on the Special Magic of Reading “Ulysses”

By Kristopher Jansma | June 14, 2024

The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

Garth Risk Hallberg on the Dysfunctional Fathers of the Western Canon

By Garth Risk Hallberg | June 13, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Rachel Cusk’s repeated attempts to exterminate the novel while still writing one are genuinely impressive."

By Book Marks | June 13, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today

By Literary Hub | June 13, 2024

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

By Adam Ehrlich Sachs | June 13, 2024

Karen Solt on Being Gay in the Navy

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 13, 2024

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

Or, Beach Book Bingo

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2024

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey on How Austen’s Rushed Endings Undercut Her Reputation For Romance

By Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey | June 12, 2024

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Conversation with the Author of “Mouth”

By Melissa Lozada-Oliva | June 12, 2024

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s <em>Housekeeping</em>

Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 12, 2024

Bill Eville on Fatherhood

Bill Eville on Fatherhood

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 12, 2024

Robert Pinsky! Porochista Khakpour! Rufi Thorpe! 26 new books out today.

Robert Pinsky! Porochista Khakpour! Rufi Thorpe! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 11, 2024

What Jane Austen’s Work Can Tell Us About the British Imperial Project

What Jane Austen’s Work Can Tell Us About the British Imperial Project

Corinne Fowler Considers the Colonial Legacy of the English Countryside

By Corinne Fowler | June 11, 2024

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