• Literary Criticism

    African Literature

    Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

    By Nchanji Njamnsi  December 22, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Simone White is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  December 22, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    The Top 2022 Reads with Sarah and Christopher

    By So Many Damn Books  December 22, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

    By Literary Hub  December 21, 2022
    The Literary Journal Archives

    Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

    By Nick Ripatrazone  December 21, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Award-Winning Novels of 2022

    By Book Marks  December 21, 2022
    Children's Literature

    Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

    By Hervé Tullet  December 21, 2022
    On Poetry

    Crow, Donkey, Poet: Sumana Roy on the Useless in the Poetic

    By Sumana Roy  December 21, 2022
    The Literary Salon

    Kate Mosse, Lucy Foley and Ella Berthoud Discuss Marple: Twelve New Stories

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  December 21, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 20, 2022
    Bad Books

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022

    By Dan Sheehan  December 20, 2022
    Poets

    Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

    By Heather Cass White  December 20, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Rae Meadows on Immersing Herself in the World of Soviet Gymnastics

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 20, 2022
    Fascism

    Reading Ezra Pound in the Neofascist Age of Trump

    By Tom Rea  December 20, 2022
    Medicine

    Martin Dyar on the Intersections of Poetry and Medicine

    By Martin Dyar  December 20, 2022
    On Translation

    Why Turgenev Remains One of the Most Important Russian Writers (And Why You Should Read the Constance Garnett Translation)

    By Josh Billings  December 19, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Ultimate Best Books of 2022 List

    By Emily Temple  December 19, 2022
    Criticism

    The 10 Best Book Reviews
    of 2022

    By Adam Morgan  December 19, 2022
    Best of 2022

    88 Writers on the Books They Loved in 2022

    By Literary Hub  December 19, 2022
    Queer Characters

    Reclaiming The L Word’s Jenny Schecter as a Writerly Anti-Hero

    By Amy Zimmerman  December 19, 2022
    In Conversation

    Peter Orner and Emma Cline Discuss Endings, Memory, and Writing Against Classification

    By Emma Cline  December 19, 2022
    First Draft

    Namwali Serpell on the “Uncanny Rhythm” of Poetry and Grief

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 19, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The 13 Best Literary Adaptations of 2022

    By Emily Temple  December 16, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2022

    By Book Marks  December 16, 2022
    Reading Lists

    Rabih Alameddine Recommends the Best (Short) Books He Read in 2022

    By Rabih Alameddine  December 16, 2022
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