• Literary Criticism

    Crime

    From Nabokov to Erdrich: Reading Complex Portraits of Criminality

    By Rebecca Bernard  August 29, 2022
    Education

    Pizza Hut For Dinner: An Ode to the “Book It” Program

    By Deborah Liu  August 29, 2022
    On Craft

    All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

    By Mario Vargas Llosa  August 29, 2022
    Write-minded

    How to Follow Your Passions When the Creative Expression Feels Elusive

    By Write-minded   August 29, 2022
    First Draft

    Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 29, 2022
    Accurate Rankings

    The 50 Best Fictional Dragons, Ranked

    By Olivia Rutigliano  August 26, 2022
    Love

    On Learning to Separate Romantic Love from Happiness

    By Carrie Jenkins  August 26, 2022
    What to Watch

    What to Read Before and After Seeing Loving Highsmith

    By Literary Hub  August 26, 2022
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  August 26, 2022
    Math

    Bringing Math to the Many: A Reading List

    By G. Arnell Williams  August 26, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  August 25, 2022
    13 Ways of Looking

    13 Ways of Looking at Denial: Jon Raymond on the Artistic Inspiration Behind His Novel

    By Jon Raymond  August 25, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Megan Giddings: Why the World Still Needs Magic in Literature

    By The Maris Review  August 25, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Nina Mingya Powles is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  August 25, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Sidik Fofana on Gentrification and Teaching in Public Schools

    By The Virtual Book Channel  August 25, 2022
    Black Activism

    Aja Monet on Robin D.G. Kelley and the Ongoing Struggle for Black Liberation

    By Aja Monet  August 24, 2022
    Bookstores

    What Working at a Used Bookstore Taught Me About Literary Rejection

    By Carl Lavigne  August 24, 2022
    Horror

    The Gothic Horror of a Post-Roe America

    By Gwendolyn Kiste  August 24, 2022
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Foz Meadows and Alexandra Rowland on Falling in Love with the Romance Genre

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   August 24, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books to bite into this week.

    By Katie Yee  August 23, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Elizabeth Crane Talks to Leslie Jamison About Divorce, Transformation, and More

    By The Virtual Book Channel  August 23, 2022
    What to Watch

    Reading Proust in a Black and White World

    By Catherine Nichols  August 23, 2022
    Keen On

    Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

    By Keen On  August 23, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

    By I'm a Writer But   August 23, 2022
    Write-minded

    Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

    By Write-minded   August 23, 2022
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