Death in the Present Tense: On Martha Gellhorn’s Love Letters to Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Present Tense: On Martha Gellhorn’s Love Letters to Ernest Hemingway

Ellen Barkin Narrates Yours, for Probably Always

By Janet Somerville | June 16, 2021

Is Alice Munro’s Lone Novel... Even a Novel?

Is Alice Munro’s Lone Novel... Even a Novel?

Benjamin Hedin on the Formal Mastery of The Lives of Girls and Women

By Benjamin Hedin | June 16, 2021

When You’re Always Going to Be the Second-Most Famous Writer in Your Marriage

When You’re Always Going to Be the Second-Most Famous Writer in Your Marriage

Neal Allen on Living the Writerly Life with Anne Lamott

By Neal Allen | June 16, 2021

In Praise of Aging Protagonists in Literature

In Praise of Aging Protagonists in Literature

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | June 16, 2021

Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

The Author of Morningside Heights in conversation with Ellen Adams

By Ellen Adams | June 16, 2021

How <em>Shiloh</em> Illuminates the Right Thing... and the<br> “Righter” Thing

How Shiloh Illuminates the Right Thing... and the
“Righter” Thing

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 16, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

20 new books for your midsummer reading.

By Katie Yee | June 15, 2021

Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City... Only to Disappear Into It

By Dwyer Murphy | June 15, 2021

Grappling with Yukio Mishima’s Murderous Children

By Lit Century | June 15, 2021

“Camp is a Sensibility.” On Susan Sontag, Extravagance, and Sexuality

“Camp is a Sensibility.” On Susan Sontag, Extravagance, and Sexuality

Amelia Abraham Considers a Queer Icon

By Amelia Abraham | June 15, 2021

The Perks of Reading Across Genre as Both Bookseller and Writer

The Perks of Reading Across Genre as Both Bookseller and Writer

Marissa Levien: “What kind of books do I like? Good books. That is the sum of it.”

By Marissa Levien | June 15, 2021

Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction

Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction

Lavie Tidhar Considers the Past, Present, and Future of Jewish Writers in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

By Lavie Tidhar | June 14, 2021

Rivka Galchen Talks Writer’s Block and Her Pandemic Cat

Rivka Galchen Talks Writer’s Block and Her Pandemic Cat

Lit Hub Speaks with the Author of Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

By Literary Hub | June 14, 2021

How Stories Change When They Move From Page to Voice

How Stories Change When They Move From Page to Voice

Laura Lindstedt on the Different Ways We Read a Book

By Laura Lindstedt, translated by David Hackston | June 14, 2021

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

Scott Borchert on Founding Director Henry Alsberg

By Scott Borchert | June 14, 2021

On the Evolution of Female-Driven Gothic Narratives: A Reading List

On the Evolution of Female-Driven Gothic Narratives: A Reading List

Christine Mangan Recommends Fiction that Honors and Upholds the Genre’s Enduring Legacy

By Christine Mangan | June 11, 2021

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