• Literary Criticism

    Memoir

    On Reading My Memoir to My Father

    By Séamas O'Reilly  June 7, 2022
    Jane Austen

    What Would a Modern-Day Jane Austen Novel Look Like?

    By Taylor Hahn  June 7, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Rachel Howzell Hall on Why Crime Captures Every Genre of Writing

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 7, 2022
    Summer reading

    35 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

    By Emily Temple  June 6, 2022
    Poets

    Elegy for Minor Poets: Writing on the Margins of Midcentury Greatness

    By Jen DeGregorio  June 6, 2022
    Oral Histories

    Questioning the Borders of Nonfiction to Tell the Story of an Exceptional Life

    By Levi Vonk  June 6, 2022
    First Draft

    Why NoViolet Bulawayo Isn’t Staying in Her Lane

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 6, 2022
    Ursa

    Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton: Why We Love Short Stories

    By Ursa   June 6, 2022
    Graphic Novels

    Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

    By Literary Hub  June 6, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Raquel Gutiérrez is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  June 6, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Why Walt Whitman Wrote Leaves of Grass

    By History of Literature  June 6, 2022
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in June

    By Eliza Smith  June 3, 2022
    Book Covers

    The 17 Best Book Covers of May

    By Emily Temple  June 3, 2022
    Micro

    Amber Sparks on Myths, Flash Fiction, and Her Unromantic Writing Process

    By Micro   June 3, 2022
    Memory

    26 Notes on Memory and Forgetting

    By Tedi López Mills and Robin Myers  June 3, 2022
    Love

    Love, Loss, and Everything In Between: A Reading List

    By Jessie Stephens  June 3, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  June 3, 2022
    New Books Network

    Hester Fox on Facing the Ugly Truths of the Victorian Era

    By New Books Network  June 3, 2022
    Poetry

    Messing With All of It: Poets Rodrigo Toscano and Sandra Simonds Talk Politics, Poetics, Work, and Class

    By Sandra Simonds and Rodrigo Toscano  June 2, 2022
    Children's Literature

    On Domesticity and Memory in James Baldwin and Becky Suss

    By Peter L’Official  June 2, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 2, 2022
    Motherhood

    On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

    By Malwina Gudowska  June 2, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Candice Iloh in Conversation with Ibi Zoboi

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 2, 2022
    Illustrations

    Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

    By Andreas Kilcher  June 1, 2022
    Writing

    The Literary Value of a Good List

    By Lily Chu  June 1, 2022
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