• Literary Criticism

    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

    By Book Marks  September 29, 2021
    The Hub

    13 new books to look forward to this week.

    By Katie Yee  September 29, 2021
    Lit Century

    On Jamaica Kincaid’s Prescient, Unapologetic Lucy

    By Lit Century   September 28, 2021
    On Translation

    On Loving, Losing, and Returning to Poetry

    By Ari Honarvar  September 28, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Books on Not Owning That Many Damn Books

    By So Many Damn Books  September 28, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    Grief

    Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

    By Christopher Sorrentino  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

    By Book Marks  September 27, 2021
    Fascism

    Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

    By Lauren Arrington  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

    By Megan Milks  September 27, 2021
    Theater

    On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

    By Casey Kayser  September 27, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

    By History of Literature  September 27, 2021
    The Hub

    Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

    By Jonny Diamond  September 24, 2021
    Income Inequality

    Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

    By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent  September 24, 2021
    Sex

    Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

    By Leigh Cowart  September 24, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  September 24, 2021
    Biography

    How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

    By Jacques Berlinerblau  September 24, 2021
    Best Reviews of the Week

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  September 23, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Bill Goldstein Has Some Thoughts on What You Should Read Next

    By Just the Right Book   September 23, 2021
    Parents

    The Miracle of Black Love: On the Greater Meaning of My Parents’ Enduring Marriage

    By Farah Jasmine Griffin  September 23, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

    By Emily Temple  September 22, 2021
    Mental health

    All Our Possible Lives: On Sylvia Plath, Matt Haig, and the Female Suicide Narrative

    By Savannah Marciezyk  September 22, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    10 Books by Women You May Have Missed in August

    By Bethanne Patrick  September 22, 2021
    Lit Century

    How Christopher Pike’s Remember Me Subverts 80s Teenage Tropes

    By Lit Century   September 21, 2021
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