• Literary Criticism

    So Many Damn Books

    Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

    By So Many Damn Books  August 23, 2022
    In Memoriam

    Eileen Myles Remembers Bobby Byrd

    By Eileen Myles  August 22, 2022
    First Draft

    Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 22, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    Monotomy and Greed, as Revealed By Andri Snær Magnason’s Latest Short Story

    By Emergence Magazine  August 22, 2022
    The Hub

    Abusive soccer star Ryan Giggs is also responsible for the worst “love” poem ever written.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 19, 2022
    What to Watch

    Art Doesn’t Care If You Like It: Gabrielle Bellot on The Sandman Adaptation

    By Gabrielle Bellot  August 19, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  August 19, 2022
    13 Ways of Looking

    13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

    By Maud Newton  August 18, 2022
    Climate Crisis

    What a New Translation of Beowulf Says About Extinction

    By Lydia Pyne  August 18, 2022
    Children's Literature

    Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

    By Brandon Shimoda  August 18, 2022
    Publishing

    The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

    By Margot Atwell  August 18, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

    By Fiction Non Fiction  August 18, 2022
    Characters

    Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

    By Coco Picard  August 18, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  August 18, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

    By Book Dreams  August 18, 2022
    Childhood

    On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

    By Sadie Jones  August 18, 2022
    Ursa

    The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

    By Ursa   August 17, 2022
    Influences

    The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

    By Dur e Aziz Amna  August 17, 2022
    Jewish History

    On James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Irish Jewish Community

    By Jo Glanville  August 17, 2022
    Otherppl

    Incriminating Texts and Embarrassing Photos: What Nada Alic Needed to Write Her Debut Story Collection

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  August 17, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Sidik Fofana on Crafting Distinct and Unforgettable Literary Voices

    By Jane Ciabattari  August 16, 2022
    Secondary Characters

    “Untouchable, Disappointing, Infinitely Mutable.” A Reading List of Not-So Main Characters

    By Daisy Lafarge  August 16, 2022
    On Poetry

    A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

    By D.S. Waldman  August 15, 2022
    New Books Network

    Megan Giddings on Delving into a Magical World in Order to Explore Censorship

    By New Books Network  August 12, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  August 12, 2022
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