• Literary Criticism

    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Skeld Season, Spider Brides, and Black Orbs: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    Hibernate with New SFF from Edward Ashton, Karen Thompson Walker, Gareth L. Powell, and More

     
    By Natalie Zutter  February 3, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

    By Caroline Carlson  February 3, 2025
    Poetry

    Listen to the Firespitters: Seven Poetry Books to Read This February

    By Christopher Spaide  February 3, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    January’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  January 31, 2025
    Audiobooks

    The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of February

    By AudioFile Magazine  January 31, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Indian Literature

    What South Asia’s Literary Classics Reveal About Its Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

    By Ranjit Hoskote  January 31, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Susan Barker on Terror and the Power of Ambiguity

    By Susan Barker  January 31, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 30, 2025
    Reading Lists

    Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families

    Tom Lamont Reflects on Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Bowen, Hilary Mantel, and More

    By Tom Lamont  February 3, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  January 30, 2025
    Paperbacks

    25 books out in paperback this February!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 30, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Lan Samantha Chang on the Risks and Rewards of Literary Personas

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 30, 2025
    Biography

    How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

    Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective

    By Ruth Franklin  January 29, 2025
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    André Alexis on Martha Baillie’s There Is No Blue

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   January 29, 2025
    The Nuclear Age

    How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

    By Dorian Lynskey  January 28, 2025
    African American Literature

    How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By Scott W. Stern  January 28, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Neko Case! Imani Perry! Rachel Carson’s Queer Life! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 28, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Emily Greenhouse on the Whole Self

    By The Critic and Her Publics   January 28, 2025
    Anarchy and Art

    “Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

    By Ed Simon  January 27, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 24, 2025
    Menopause

    Edith Wharton and the Clarifying Rage of the Menopausal Writer

    Deborah Williams on Undine Spragg, Miranda July, and “Women of a Certain Age”

    By Deborah Williams  January 24, 2025
    Literary Icons

    A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

    By Constance Roisin  January 24, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  January 23, 2025
    Escapism

    As the World Burns, There’s Nothing Wrong With a Little Escapism

    By Maris Kreizman  January 30, 2025
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