• Features

    The History of Literature

    To Read or Not to Read Proust’s Swann’s Way

    By History of Literature  December 14, 2020
    First Draft

    Cynan Jones on the Strange Visions That Appear in
    His Novels

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 14, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Boyce Upholt on the Meaning of Fresh Air for Black Americans

    By Emergence Magazine  December 14, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Oak Flat by Lauren Redniss, Read by the Author and a Full Cast

    By Behind the Mic   December 14, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Diary of a Covid Year

    By Saroj Kunnakkat  December 11, 2020
    Keen On

    How the Dog-Whistle Politics of the Reagan Era Gave Us Today’s Republican Party

    By Keen On  December 11, 2020
    Best of 2020

    The Best Reviewed Poetry
    Collections of 2020

    By Book Marks  December 11, 2020
    Best of 2020

    The Top 10 Most Totally Metal
    Books of 2020

    By Keaton Patterson  December 11, 2020
    Antiquity

    What the World’s First Medical Records Tell Us About
    Ancient Life

    By Robin Lane Fox  December 11, 2020
    The Writing Life

    What Drew German Novelist Uwe Johnson to a Tiny English Island Off the Coast of Kent?

    By Patrick Wright  December 11, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in Agaat

    By Mary Gaitskill  December 11, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Jorie Graham: Are We Still Capable of Being Custodians of the Future?

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 11, 2020
    Graphic Memoir

    Valérie Plante on Her Way to Becoming Montreal’s (First Woman) Mayor

    By Valerie Plante and Delphie Cote-Lacroix  December 11, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: The Rally Reading Series, Co-Hosted by The Rumpus

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Bob Dylan Reinvented Himself as a Poet

    By New Books Network  December 11, 2020
    Literary Disco

    Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

    By Literary Disco  December 11, 2020
    The Literary Life

    The Team at Books & Books Recommends Their Holiday Picks

    By The Literary Life  December 11, 2020
    Civil Rights

    Civil Rights Activist George M. Houser Worked with the Greats of the 20th Century

    By Sheila D. Collins  December 11, 2020
    NewberyTart

    The Real Life Hero(es) Behind Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s
    Lunch Lady Series

    By NewberyTart   December 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    Evan Winter on the Trap of Exceptionalism in His Trilogy (and Life)

    By New Books Network  December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    A Conversation with Frankie Corzo, Narrator of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    An Interview with Adam Lazarre-White, Narrator of A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    An Interview with Robin Miles, Narrator of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

    By Behind the Mic   December 11, 2020
    Technology

    Digital Technology Has Made Day-to-Day Living a Game

    By Alessandro Baricco  December 10, 2020
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Andrzej Sapkowski on the Mythologies Behind The Witcher

    By Literary Hub  December 10, 2020
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