• Literary Criticism

    Literary Journals

    Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century

    By Literary Hub  January 18, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 14, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  January 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    “A Poetic Vision of God.” On an Astounding 1903 Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke

    By History of Literature  January 14, 2022
    Animals

    Books That Showcase the Bond Between Horses and Riders

    By Mimi Matthews  January 14, 2022
    Criticism

    Stories vs Ideas:
    Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

    By David Hollander  January 13, 2022
    Adaptations

    Please, Mr. Postman: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

    By Matthew Eng  January 13, 2022
    Best Reviews of the Week

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 13, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Cynthia Dewi Oka and Jenny Zhang on Writing and Honoring the Unassimilable

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 13, 2022
    Craft and Criticism

    A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild

    By Book Marks  January 12, 2022
    The Hub

    What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

    By Jonny Diamond  January 11, 2022
    new books tuesday

    21 new books coming your way this week.

    By Katie Yee  January 11, 2022
    On Poetry

    Jericho Brown on Claude McKay’s Subversive, Foundational Poems of Love and Protest

    By Jericho Brown  January 11, 2022
    Film

    What Makes The Princess Bride Such a Great Movie?

    By Chris Jones  January 11, 2022
    Greek Mythology

    Why Do We Return to the Greek Myths Again and Again?

    By Literary Hub  January 11, 2022
    Women's Anger

    The Creative Power of Rage: On Fictionalizing the Lives of Righteously Violent Historical Women

    By Gwen E. Kirby  January 11, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  January 11, 2022
    Genre

    Vision Quest: On Trying to Define the Great American Novel

    By Jonathan Evison  January 10, 2022
    Indigenous Lit

    Learning From Almanac of the Dead, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

    By Lou Cornum  January 10, 2022
    Queer Lit

    My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

    By Andre Bagoo  January 10, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

    By Lynn Steger Strong  January 10, 2022
    The History of Literature

    A Literary History of Dragons

    By History of Literature  January 10, 2022
    News and Culture

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

    By Book Marks  January 7, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Europa Editions

    By Corinne Segal  January 7, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Xochitl Gonzalez on the Emotional Toll of Success

    By The Maris Review  January 6, 2022
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