• Literary Criticism

    First Draft

    Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 3, 2023
    On Poetry

    Fabio Pusterla on Discovering a Lifelong Love of Poetry

    By Fabio Pusterla and Will Schutt  April 3, 2023
    The Booker Revisited

    On the Nested Worlds of Novelist Marina Warner

    By Lucy Scholes  April 3, 2023
    In Memoriam

    Dubravka Ugrešić’s Translators Remember Her

    By Literary Hub  April 3, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Who Was the Man Behind Oscar Wilde’s Downfall?

    By History of Literature  April 3, 2023
    Paperbacks

    20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 31, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    How One Young Screenwriter Snagged the Rights to Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

    By Amy Paturel  March 31, 2023
    Author Interviews

    How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

    By Michael Silverblatt  March 31, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Grant Faulkner on Capturing the Essence of a Short Story

    By Grant Faulkner  March 31, 2023
    What to Watch

    FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

    By Olivia Rutigliano  March 31, 2023
    Rereadings

    Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red is Way Funnier Than You Remember

    By Emily Temple  March 30, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of March

    By Emily Temple  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Exit Strategies: So How Are You Supposed to End a Story?

    By Allegra Hyde  March 30, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

    By Alexis Gunderson  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

    By Ayad Akhtar  March 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

    By The Maris Review  March 30, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Clint Smith is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  March 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 30, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 30, 2023
    In Conversation

    Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    The South

    Untold Stories: A South Carolina Lowcountry Reading List

    By Preslaysa Williams  March 30, 2023
    The Hub

    Literary baby names ranked from least to most cringey.

    By Janet Manley  March 29, 2023
    Behind the Book Cover

    “Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

    By Jason Booher  March 29, 2023
    Children's Lit

    On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

    By Leonard S. Marcus  March 29, 2023
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