• Literary Criticism

    The Craft of Writing

    Alexander Chee on Staying Organized While Writing

    By Alexander Chee  April 29, 2022
    On Translation

    How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane

    By Marian Schwartz  April 29, 2022
    Historical Fiction

    We Are in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction for People of Color

    By Jasmin Darznik  April 29, 2022
    Book Research

    If You Want to Inhabit the World of Your Novel, Take a Class

    By Adriana Trigiani  April 29, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 29, 2022
    Friendship

    On Friendship: Men in Love Who Aren’t (in Most Cases) Lovers

    By Jonathan Howland  April 29, 2022
    Feminism

    The Foundations of Black Feminism and Womanism: A Reading List

    By Negesti Kaudo  April 29, 2022
    Chronic Illness

    Taking the “Ick” Out of “Sick Lit.” A Reading List

    By Lillie Lainoff  April 29, 2022
    Disability

    What is it Like to Be a Blind Writer Writing for Sighted Readers?

    By Jessica Powers  April 28, 2022
    Inspiration

    Susan Straight on Louise Erdrich and the Characters Who Haven’t Left Our Dreams

    By Susan Straight  April 28, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu on Affirming and Subverting Pop Culture in Fiction

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 28, 2022
    The Maris Review

    “Hypocrisy is Us.” Chantal V. Johnson on Feminism and Misogynoir

    By The Maris Review  April 28, 2022
    Chronic Pain

    How to Write a Pain Book

    By Lisa Levy  April 28, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Real-Life Heroines of an Outrageous Era: A Gilded Age Reading List

    By Maya Rodale  April 28, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 28, 2022
    Oral Tradition

    Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

    By Vaishnavi Patel  April 28, 2022
    Poetry

    The Last Poems of Les Murray

    By Les Murray  April 27, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of April

    By Book Marks  April 27, 2022
    Feminism

    There is a bell hooks Book for Every Season of Life

    By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah  April 27, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Kyle Lukoff on Book Bans and Letting Queer Books Just Be Books

    By NewberyTart   April 27, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books being published today.

    By Katie Yee  April 26, 2022
    Morality

    Was George Eliot Wrong to Think Books Could Make People Better?

    By Pamela Erens  April 26, 2022
    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
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