• Literary Criticism

    Old English

    On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

    By Mary Wellesley  October 19, 2021
    new books tuesday

    16 new books to look for this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 19, 2021
    Journalism

    Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

    By Nickolas Butler  October 18, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    “The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2021
    Neuroscience

    On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

    By Louise Fein  October 18, 2021
    First Draft

    Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 18, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

    By History of Literature  October 18, 2021
    Theater

    Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

    By Bryan Doerries  October 18, 2021
    What to Read Next

    Betsy Bonner on Wuthering Heights, Bluets, and Mary Gaitskill’s Sex Scenes

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2021
    Open Source

    Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

    By Open Source  October 15, 2021
    Birds

    A Compendium of Literary Ravens

    By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts  October 15, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in September

    By Bethanne Patrick  October 15, 2021
    Capitalism

    Finding Freedom from the Chokehold of Modern Capitalism in Nomadland

    By Sara Zarr  October 15, 2021
    Monarchy

    On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

    By Wendy Holden  October 15, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

    By Keen On  October 15, 2021
    The Writer's Life

    “You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

    By Carole Angier  October 14, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week: More Rooney, Disappointing Powers,
    and a Little Franzen

    By Book Marks  October 14, 2021
    Self-Care

    On Escaping the Madness of the World at Large and Finding Joy in Literature

    By Todd Doughty  October 14, 2021
    Women Writers

    Fiction As Resistance: Catherine Lacey on Joy Sorman’s Life Sciences

    By Catherine Lacey  October 13, 2021
    Identity

    Tracing the Filipino Diaspora in the Arc of the Global Age: A Reading List

    By Albert Samaha  October 13, 2021
    new books tuesday

    18 new books to get you excited about reading again.

    By Katie Yee  October 13, 2021
    What to Read

    Peter Cameron on Daphne du Maurier, James Salter, and Where the Red Fern Grows

    By Book Marks  October 13, 2021
    Lit Century

    Is The Great Gatsby Actually Profound?

    By Lit Century   October 12, 2021
    Mindfulness

    A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing

    By Melissa Matthewson  October 12, 2021
    Plagiarism

    Dorland v. Larson: On the Legal Disputes at the Heart of “Bad Art Friend”

    By Steven Wright  October 12, 2021
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