Getting By in Prison With Nothing But Books

Getting By in Prison With Nothing But Books

Daniel Genis on Becoming a Citizen of the Incarcerated Nation

By Daniel Genis | February 22, 2022

What Banning <em>Maus</em> Means for the Generation of Artists It Inspired

What Banning Maus Means for the Generation of Artists It Inspired

Amy Kurzweil Considers the Benefits of Chorus Over Canon

By Amy Kurzweil | February 18, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Tracy K. Smith and Others Discuss Robert Frost's

EXCLUSIVE: Tracy K. Smith and Others Discuss Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"

From Season Three of Poetry in America

By The Virtual Book Channel | February 18, 2022

The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

Robin Kirman on Books by Lauren Groff, Toni Morrison, and More

By Robin Kirman | February 18, 2022

On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s <em>Dracula</em>

On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Vidya Krishnan Looks at How 19th-Century Concerns About Disease Mirror Those of the Modern World

By Vidya Krishnan | February 18, 2022

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

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

Featuring Sheila Heti, Marlon James, Buster Keaton, Alejandro Zambra, and more

By Book Marks | February 18, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

By Erik Larson | February 18, 2022

The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

By Emme Lund | February 18, 2022

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

By The Maris Review | February 17, 2022

What Is China Reading Right Now?

What Is China Reading Right Now?

Megan Walsh on the “Little Emperors” of Contemporary Chinese Literature

By Megan Walsh | February 17, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Alexandra Kleeman on Sheila Heti, Rachel Khong on Julie Otsuka, Lauren Michele Jackson on Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | February 17, 2022

Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

Read the loveliest moons in literature, in honor of today’s Snow Moon.

By Katie Yee | February 16, 2022

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

By Anthony Domestico | February 16, 2022

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 16, 2022

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Alex McElroy on R.L. Stine, Casey Plett, and a masterclass of self-deception

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Atmospherians

By Book Marks | February 16, 2022

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

How Lewis Carroll Built a World Where Nothing Needs to Make Sense

Erin Morgenstern on Why We Return to Alice

By Erin Morgenstern | February 16, 2022

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