• Literary Criticism

    Plot

    The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

    By Samuel Ligon  March 13, 2023
    Keen On

    Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, The Human Stain, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

    By Keen On  March 13, 2023
    Video Games

    9 Must-Reads for Lovers (and Haters) of The Last of Us

    By Jonny Diamond  March 10, 2023
    Classic Novels

    In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love Little Women

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  March 10, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Xiaolu Guo on Translating
    the Self

    By Xiaolu Guo  March 10, 2023
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  March 10, 2023
    Diaries

    The Hard Won Lessons of Lesley Arfin’s Dear Diary 15 Years Later

    By Mariella Rudi  March 10, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Your Literary Guide to the 2023 Oscars

    By Eliza Smith  March 10, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Everything Everywhere All at Once

    By Literary Hub  March 10, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After All Quiet on the Western Front

    By Literary Hub  March 9, 2023
    What to Read

    The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

    By Sophfronia Scott  March 9, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Evie Shockley is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  March 9, 2023
    Otherppl

    Camonghne Felix on Her Gamification Approach to Collage

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 9, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Letters to a Writer of Color: Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Finding Community With Each Other

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 9, 2023
    Nobel Laureates

    A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

    By Jessi Haley  March 8, 2023
    Thresholds

    Layli Long Soldier on the Joys of Creative Liberation

    By Thresholds   March 8, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After TÁR

    By Literary Hub  March 8, 2023
    Debut Authors

    If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

    By Jenny Jackson  March 8, 2023
    Book Awards

    Meet the Five PEN/Faulkner Finalists of 2023

    By Martha Anne Toll  March 8, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Elvis

    By Literary Hub  March 8, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After The Banshees of Inisherin

    By Literary Hub  March 7, 2023
    Motherhood

    On Saving Time as a New Mother: Rachel Ranie Taube Reads Jenny Odell

    By Rachel Ranie Taube  March 7, 2023
    new books tuesday

    6 new books to get your hands on this week.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 7, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Idra Novey on Characters Who Hear and Mishear Each Other

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 7, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Triangle of Sadness

    By Literary Hub  March 7, 2023
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