• Literary Criticism

    Metaphors

    Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

    By Dina Nayeri  March 7, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Lydia Conklin on Letting Their Personality Into Their Work

    By I'm a Writer But   March 7, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Schopenhauer: Pessimist or Secretly Hopeful?

    By History of Literature  March 7, 2023
    Letters

    On the Mundane Letters of John Keats

    By Geoffrey D. Morrison  March 6, 2023
    2023 Oscars

    Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Women Talking

    By Literary Hub  March 6, 2023
    Influences

    “The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

    By NOON senior editors Rachel Chait, Zach Davidson, Madelaine Lucas, Liza St. James   March 6, 2023
    Poets

    ​​José Olivarez on Translation and Transformation in Poetry

    By Literary Hub  March 6, 2023
    Trilogies

    What It’s Like To Write About the Same Characters For Over a Decade

    By Rachel Joyce  March 6, 2023
    On Teaching

    What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching

    By Lidia Yuknavitch  March 3, 2023
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  March 3, 2023
    What to Watch

    Can a Movie Both Cause Harm and Have Merit? Reckoning with My Love for The Whale

    By Laura Valenza  March 3, 2023
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Catalyst Press

    By Katie Yee  March 3, 2023
    Keen On

    Corie Adjmi on Her Guilt at Writing About “Flawed” Jewish Characters

    By Keen On  March 3, 2023
    In Memoriam

    In Memory of a Poet:
    Carolyn Forché Remembers Charles Simic

    By Carolyn Forché  March 2, 2023
    What to Watch

    Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About All Quiet on the Western Front Goes All the Way Back to the Book

    By Bruce Krajewski  March 2, 2023
    The Literary Journal Archives

    Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

    By Nick Ripatrazone  March 2, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 2, 2023
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 2, 2023
    Reading

    A Multiverse of Words: Mirza Waheed on the Happy Coincidences of Omnivorous Reading

    By Mirza Waheed  March 2, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Just the Right Book: What We’re Reading

    By Just the Right Book   March 2, 2023
    Reading Lists

    On Borders Concrete and Intangible: A Reading List of the Inbetween

    By Fatin Abbas  March 2, 2023
    Victorian Literature

    How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

    By Katie Lumsden  March 2, 2023
    Reading

    How Karl Lagerfeld Learned to Love Literature

    By William Middleton  March 1, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  March 1, 2023
    The Booker Revisted

    The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read Francis King’s The Nick of Time

    By Lucy Scholes  March 1, 2023
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