You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes

You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes

Yael van der Wouden Explores the Literary-Erotic Power of Tension, Character Motivation, Weirdness, and Discomfort

By Yael van der Wouden | May 28, 2024

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

Mark Harman on Learning to Understand Both the Surfaces and “Subterranean Passages” of Kafka

By Mark Harman | May 28, 2024

Sally Wen Mao! Emma Copley Eisenberg! A critical history of swole-ness (yes)! 19 new books out today.

Sally Wen Mao! Emma Copley Eisenberg! A critical history of swole-ness (yes)! 19 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 28, 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 Joyce Carol Oates, R.O. Kwon, Daniel Handler, Kevin Kwan, and More

By Book Marks | May 24, 2024

Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a Writer

Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a Writer

(Step One: Write)

By Ursula K. Le Guin | May 24, 2024

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

Ed Simon Recommends Langston Hughes, Dorothy Baker, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Ed Simon | May 24, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Respectability Be Damned: How the Harlem Renaissance Paved the Way for Art by Black Nonbelievers

By Anthony B. Pinn | May 24, 2024

“It’s Out of Africa Meets Pretty Woman!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

By Maris Kreizman | May 23, 2024

Miranda July Recommends the Best Way to Procrastinate

By Miranda July | May 23, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Great American Novel is a long-dead cultural aspiration.”

By Book Marks | May 23, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Katya Apekina, Zoë Schlanger, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 23, 2024

Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 23, 2024

“To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

“To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

With Poems Translated by Brian Henry

By Literary Hub | May 22, 2024

On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

Leah Hager Cohen Asks: “Can anything compare to the wonder of being lost?”

By Leah Hager Cohen | May 22, 2024

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 22, 2024

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Cass R. Sunstein Considers the Factors and Trends That Lead to Literary Recognition

By Cass R. Sunstein | May 21, 2024

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