• Literary Criticism

    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of September

    By Book Marks  September 30, 2022
    Reading

    In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to… Cultural Relics?

    By George Prochnik  September 29, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Saeed Jones on the Apocalypse as a State of Being

    By The Virtual Book Channel  September 29, 2022
    Women Writers

    On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

    By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert  September 29, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Jasmine Guillory on Why Rom-Coms Are Exactly What We Need Right Now

    By The Maris Review  September 29, 2022
    entomology

    “Let the Bees Tell You.” On the Holy Bible (For Beekeepers) of Buckfast Abbey

    By Allison LaSorda  September 29, 2022
    Book Covers

    The 15 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2022
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  September 29, 2022
    Dance

    More Than Tutus and Pointe Shoes: A Reading List of Ballet Books

    By Martha Anne Toll  September 29, 2022
    The Writers Institute

    Saeed Jones on the Poetic Economy of Language

    By The Writers Institute  September 29, 2022
    Ursa

    The Impact of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Two Years Later

    By Ursa   September 29, 2022
    Style

    A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

    By Adrienne Raphel  September 28, 2022
    Poetry

    The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

    By Chiara Barzini  September 28, 2022
    Diaries

    Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

    By Elizabeth Brooks  September 28, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Tracking Character Growth in Ellen Raskin’s Beloved Children’s Novel The Westing Game

    By NewberyTart   September 28, 2022
    The Hub

    15 new books to get cozy with this week.

    By Katie Yee  September 27, 2022
    Language

    Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

    By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza  September 27, 2022
    Memoir

    Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

    By Kamila Shamsie  September 27, 2022
    Ukrainian Literature

    On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

    By Isaac Babel  September 27, 2022
    Literary History

    What Don Quixote Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

    By Giles Tremlett  September 27, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Namwali Serpell on the Complex Processes That Create Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  September 27, 2022
    On Translation

    Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

    By Daniel Hahn and Lisa Dillman  September 27, 2022
    Grief

    Six Books That Explore Loss Through Poetic Means

    By Juliet Patterson  September 27, 2022
    Character Development

    Neither Villain Nor Victim: Stacey D’Erasmo on Embracing Discomfort in Telling the Story of a Complicit Woman

    By Stacey D'Erasmo  September 26, 2022
    News and Culture

    Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems

    By Ted Berrigan  September 26, 2022
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