• Literary Criticism

    The Literary Life

    Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

    By The Literary Life  December 3, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Lydia Davis on How Translation Opens a Writer’s Mind

    By Lydia Davis  December 3, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

    By Leath Tonino  December 3, 2021
    Craft and Criticism

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

    By Book Marks  December 3, 2021
    Poetry

    Behind the Birth of a Poetry Collective

    By Daniel Kramb  December 3, 2021
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?

    By Michael Dirda  December 2, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  December 2, 2021
    Reading Lists

    New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

    By Literary Hub  December 2, 2021
    Otherppl

    Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  December 2, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

    By The Maris Review  December 2, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Sarabande Books

    By Corinne Segal  December 2, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  December 1, 2021
    Children's Literature

    The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 1, 2021
    Thresholds

    “This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

    By Thresholds   December 1, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Mikhal Dekel on Anna Karenina, Dubliners, and A Room of One’s Own

    By Book Marks  December 1, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Meg Waite Clayton on Finding New Ways to Tell Old Stories

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 1, 2021
    The Writing Life

    From Construction to Teaching: Seven Writers On Their Day Jobs

    By Emily Alexander  November 30, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    “A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2021
    Free Speech

    Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

    By James Hannaham  November 30, 2021
    Gifts

    44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2021
    Literary History

    The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

    By Timothy J. Jorgensen  November 30, 2021
    new books tuesday

    12 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 30, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

    By The Cosmic Library   November 30, 2021
    Arab Literature

    How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

    By Talya Zax  November 29, 2021
    Literary History

    Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

    By Francine Prose  November 29, 2021
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