The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

John Domini Considers the Work of Viet Than Nguyen, Teju Cole, Dubravka Ugresic, and More

By John Domini | December 29, 2020

How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in <em>Uncle Vanya</em>

How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in Uncle Vanya

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 28, 2020

On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired <em>A Christmas Story</em>

On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired A Christmas Story

The Literary Disco Crew Discusses Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust

By Literary Disco | December 28, 2020

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Allie Esiri on Taking Daily Doses of the Bard

By Allie Esiri | December 23, 2020

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2020

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2020

The Best Writing at the Site in this Annus Horribilis

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2020

How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

On the 'Mutually Beneficial' Relationship Between Rose Macaulay and Critic Naomi Royde-Smith

By Sarah Lonsdale | December 23, 2020

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  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
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Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

By How to Proceed | December 23, 2020

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop | December 23, 2020

Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

By Gary Lovely | December 22, 2020

What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy's <em>The Group</em>

What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy's The Group

They Dismissed It As a "Lady-Writer’s Novel"

By Apoorva Tadepalli | December 22, 2020

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

"There are no pleasures to be had here, only a reminder of things that once produced pleasure."

By Book Marks | December 22, 2020

On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin's <em>Blues for Mister Charlie</em>

On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie

Isaac Butler Guests on Lit Century, with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 22, 2020

Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

Introducing the Madievsky Rule

By Ruth Madievsky | December 21, 2020

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

Sara B. Franklin on the Best Family Reads of a Very Hard Year

By Sara B. Franklin | December 21, 2020

The 10 Best Book Reviews </br>of 2020

The 10 Best Book Reviews
of 2020

Adam Morgan Picks Parul Sehgal on Raven Leilani, Merve Emre on Lewis Carroll, and more

By Adam Morgan | December 21, 2020

On the e.e. cummings Christmas Poem

On the e.e. cummings Christmas Poem "little tree"

And How Its Tweeness Manages to Transcend Holiday Kitsch

By J. Alison Rosenblitt | December 21, 2020

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