• Literary Criticism

    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    “How on Earth Do You Judge Books?” Susan Choi and Oscar Villalon on the Story Behind Literary Awards

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 10, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 10, 2022
    Skateboarding

    How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  February 9, 2022
    Underreported

    Megan Walsh and Rosie Blau on the Nuanced Literary Voices in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  February 9, 2022
    Climate Change

    Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

    By Martin Puchner  February 9, 2022
    Blues

    On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, Dirty Bird Blues

    By Yusef Komunyakaa  February 9, 2022
    Good Sex

    Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

    By Bee Sacks  February 8, 2022
    Close Reading

    Jean Rhys’ Women on the Margins: On the Perpetual Resonance of Voyage in the Dark

    By Imogen Crimp  February 8, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    The Voice of the Sea Speaks to the Soul:
    On Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

    By Book Marks  February 8, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  February 8, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 8, 2022
    Short Stories

    Weird Short Story Writers for Strange Times

    By Jason Ockert  February 7, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and Madame Bovary

    By Book Marks  February 7, 2022
    Japanese Literature

    Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

    By Lauren Groff  February 7, 2022
    Film

    Is Wonder Boys the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

    By Ryan Chapman  February 4, 2022
    Letters

    The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

    By Daniel Black  February 4, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Beacon Press

    By Corinne Segal  February 4, 2022
    Solitude

    On the Moral and Metaphysical Significance of Aloneness

    By Sumana Roy  February 3, 2022
    Craft

    Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

    By Bernardine Evaristo  February 3, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 3, 2022
    Chronic Illness

    On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind The Flowers in the Attic

    By Andrew Neiderman  February 3, 2022
    The Classics

    Ulysses Turns 100!

    By Literary Hub  February 2, 2022
    Motherhood

    On The Lost Daughter, Vladimir, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

    By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore  February 2, 2022
    Black Girlhood

    The Meaningful Mundane:
    6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

    By Kai Harris  February 2, 2022
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Tom Cooper on Moby-Dick, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  February 2, 2022
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