Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Shya Scanlon Considers a Trilogy Sixteen Years in the Making

By Shya Scanlon | December 8, 2020

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's <em>Kristin Lavransdatter</em>

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 8, 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

Featuring N. K. Jemisin, Stephen King,
Susanna Clarke, Karen Russell, and more

By Book Marks | December 8, 2020

Announcing the Winners of <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Award

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women’s 2020 Award

Congrats to Carmen Maria Machado and Bernardine Evaristo!

By Reading Women | December 8, 2020

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

We Lived Through 2020 and All We Got Were These Really Good Books

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Departure(s)
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Eating Ashes
  • Every One Still Here: Stories
  • Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World
  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

By Reading Women | December 7, 2020

The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

By Leslie Brody | December 4, 2020

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in The Undoing?

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 4, 2020

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Patrick Allington Disagrees with Jonathan Franzen About J R

By Patrick Allington | December 3, 2020

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

Secrets, Arrogance, and Weapons of War in the World-Peace Capital

By Unni Turrettini | December 3, 2020

Kelly Link: Why You Should Read This Classic Trilogy

Kelly Link: Why You Should Read This Classic Trilogy

On Robertson Davies's Fifth Business

By Kelly Link | December 2, 2020

On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

Lizzy Saxe Considers a Disneyworld Menu and the Tools for Artful World-Building

By Lizzy Saxe | December 1, 2020

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 1, 2020

On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern <br>Fantasy Novel

On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
Fantasy Novel

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 30, 2020

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

Featuring Sacred Lands, Ancient Skeletons, Unquiet Places, and More

By Book Marks | November 25, 2020

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