• Literary Criticism

    Animals

    The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

    By Justin C Key  October 31, 2023
    Horror

    Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2023
    Epic poetry

    A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad‘s Opening Lines

    By Robin Lane Fox  October 30, 2023
    The History of Literature

    America’s First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

    By History of Literature  October 30, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

    By The Maris Review  October 26, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 26, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 26, 2023
    In Conversation

    Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

    By Peter Mishler  October 25, 2023
    Louisa May Alcott

    Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

    By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
    On Memoir

    Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O’Connor

    By Allyson McCabe  October 23, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

    By History of Literature  October 23, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  October 20, 2023
    Sex

    Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

    By Ahmed Naji  October 19, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 19, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

    By The Maris Review  October 19, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 19, 2023
    Endings

    On the Ending of a Literary Journal

    By Freeman's   October 18, 2023
    Dick Lit

    Men Who Don’t Know Women: On Unlearning the Lessons of “Dick Lit”

    By Molly McGhee  October 17, 2023
    Politics

    John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

    By John Lee Clark  October 17, 2023
    In Translation

    Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

    By Ye Chun  October 17, 2023
    Lit Century

    Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan

    By Lit Century   October 17, 2023
    Childhood

    Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

    By Pamela Newton  October 16, 2023
    Cult Memoir

    On Safiya Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

    By Lily Dunn  October 16, 2023
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