• Literary Criticism

    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    Featuring Anne Tyler, the German Peasants' War, Charlotte Wood, and More

     
    By Book Marks  February 14, 2025
    Romance

    Enemies to Lovers: On the Romance Genre’s Mainstream Come-Up

    By Angelina Mazza  February 14, 2025
    Illustrations

    From “Ted” to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes Edward Gorey Sent to His Pen Pal

    By Literary Hub  February 14, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 13, 2025
    Italian Literature

    Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

    By Ann Goldstein  February 13, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Sonya Walger Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  February 13, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Journalists Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker on Trump and the Tech Oligarchs

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 13, 2025
    Gaza

    Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

    By Nicki Kattoura  February 12, 2025
    Literary History

    An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

    By Megan Marshall  February 12, 2025
    In Conversation

    “Only That Which Does Not Teach Is Irresistible.” Charlotte Wood on Faith, Mortality, and Her Booker-Shortlisted Novel

    Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Stone Yard Devotional”

    By Eric Olson  February 14, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Kaitlyn Greenidge on Making Artifacts

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 11, 2025
    In Conversation

    Amanda Peters on Chronicling the Native Experience Through Short Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 11, 2025
    Gaza

    Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

    By Hanna Phifer  February 11, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    Featuring Haley Mlotek, Shane McCrae, Maggie Su and More

    By Teddy Wayne  February 11, 2025
    Reading Lists

    Truth and Reconciliation:
    Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity

    By Lauren Francis-Sharma  February 11, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Eve L. Ewing! Pankaj Mishra! A history of nudity! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  February 11, 2025
    Literary Journals

    The Time a Couple Crazy Kids—Ford Madox Ford, Hemingway—Started a Journal in Paris

    By Nick Ripatrazone  February 7, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    Featuring Geraldine Brooks, Ali Smith, Hanif Kureishi, and More

    By Book Marks  February 7, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  February 6, 2025
    On Poetry

    Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

    By Pádraig Ó' Tuama  February 6, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 6, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Sarah Chihaya Is Reading Now, and Next

    Featuring Isabella Hammad, Roland Barthes, Katie Kitamura, and More

    By Diana Arterian  February 6, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Thomas Dai on Mapping, Naming, Borders, and Immigration

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 6, 2025
    Harlem Renaissance

    Finding Africa in Harlem: Displacement and Belonging in Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem

    By Belinda Edmondson  February 5, 2025
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Olivia Laing on Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   February 12, 2025
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