• Literary Criticism

    Craft and Criticism

    Diving Into the “Uncanny Despair” of the Cruise Ship Narrative

    By Lara Williams  April 26, 2022
    Lit Century

    Just How Depressing is Good Morning, Midnight?

    By Lit Century   April 26, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    “James Baldwin writes down to nobody.” Read Langston Hughes’ 1958 Review of Notes of a Native Son

    By Book Marks  April 26, 2022
    Mother-Writers

    “Complete Attention to Two Things at Once.” On the Women Who Rewrote the Motherhood Plot

    By Julie Phillips  April 26, 2022
    The Cosmic Library

    On Sigmund Freud and the “Dream Space” of the Hebrew Bible

    By The Cosmic Library   April 26, 2022
    Literary History

    On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs

    By Katie Bennett  April 25, 2022
    Language

    Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

    By Yurina Yoshikawa  April 25, 2022
    Ancient Rome

    How To Write History While It’s Happening: Lessons From Tacitus

    By Richard Cohen  April 22, 2022
    The Royal Family

    How Obsessively Reading About The Royal Family Got Me Through a Breakdown

    By Robert Leleux  April 22, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 22, 2022
    Micro

    Ryan Skaryd on Teaching, POV, and Following Your Instincts

    By Micro   April 22, 2022
    Literary History

    How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

    By Dominic Green  April 21, 2022
    On Poetry

    Edward Hirsch on Locating the Roots of the American Poetry Tradition

    By Edward Hirsch  April 21, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    “A Spiritual-Industrial Complex.” SJ Sindu on Writing the Life of a Child God

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 21, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 21, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Colleen Kinder and Friends Present Letter to a Stranger

    By The Virtual Book Channel  April 21, 2022
    On Translation

    Asadollah Amraee and Arezoo Salari on the Process of Translating The Elephant of Belfast and Its Resonance in Iran

    By S. Kirk Walsh  April 21, 2022
    Colonialism

    On Fictionalizing the Long-Suppressed and Complicated Histories of Holland and Indonesia

    By Anne Lazurko  April 21, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Austin Kleon on Asking the Right Questions

    By Book Dreams  April 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

    By Emily Firetog  April 20, 2022
    On Racism

    How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

    By Tajja Isen  April 20, 2022
    Inspiration

    Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

    By Jesmyn Ward  April 20, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

    By Literary Hub  April 20, 2022
    new books tuesday

    22 new books to keep an eye out for this week.

    By Katie Yee  April 19, 2022
    In Conversation

    Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 19, 2022
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