Why We Need to Revisit Old Myths to Create New Ones

Why We Need to Revisit Old Myths to Create New Ones

Michael Bazzett on How We Learn from Ancient Stories

By Michael Bazzett | January 27, 2022

10 Books for Being Alone

10 Books for Being Alone

In the Second Winter of Our Lockdown

By Emily Temple | January 26, 2022

The Best of 1970s and 80s Women-Authored Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Best of 1970s and 80s Women-Authored Science Fiction and Fantasy

David L. Pike on Suzy McKee Charnas, Ursula K. Le Guin, Leslie Marmon Silko, and More

By David L. Pike | January 26, 2022

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

David L. Ulin Traces a Season of Displacement in Old Los Angeles

By David L. Ulin | January 26, 2022

Jamie Harrison on <em>Train Dreams</em>, <em>Harriet the Spy</em>, and <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>

Jamie Harrison on Train Dreams, Harriet the Spy, and One Hundred Years of Solitude

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Center of Everything

By Book Marks | January 26, 2022

We Will Always Need Virginia Woolf: A Common Reader’s Defense

We Will Always Need Virginia Woolf: A Common Reader’s Defense

Emma Knight Contemplates the Legacy of a Literary Icon

By Emma Knight | January 25, 2022

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Jessamine Chan and Crystal Hana Kim Talk Pregnancy, Depression, and Asian American Heroism

By Crystal Hana Kim | January 25, 2022

Kirstin Valdez Quade on Fleur Jaeggy, Middlemarch, and Sarah Waters Sex Scenes

By Book Marks | January 24, 2022

On Sophocles, Boswell, and the Power of Literature

By History of Literature | January 24, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Watch David Strathairn and Abraham Verghese Discuss Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser”

EXCLUSIVE: Watch David Strathairn and Abraham Verghese Discuss Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser”

From Season 3 of Poetry in America

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 21, 2022

“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in <em>Bergman Island</em>

“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in Bergman Island

Mira Ptacin on Mia Hansen-Løve’s New Film

By Mira Ptacin | January 21, 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 New Titles by Brian Cox, Bernardine Evaristo, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Lea Ypi, and More

By Book Marks | January 21, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo on the Richness of Older Women’s Stories

Bernardine Evaristo on the Richness of Older Women’s Stories

“As ageing is inevitable, I had to start to embrace it.”

By Bernardine Evaristo | January 21, 2022

5 Books You May Have Missed in December

5 Books You May Have Missed in December

From Japanese Noir to Speculative Cli-Fi and More

By Bethanne Patrick | January 21, 2022

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

And How “Public Indifference” Reinforces the Status Quo

By Zora Neale Hurston | January 20, 2022

Feeling Seen in <em>Sort Of</em>: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

Feeling Seen in Sort Of: On Queer Feelings and the Company of Others

Aanchal Saraf on the Power of Art By and About Trans People of Color

By Aanchal Saraf | January 20, 2022

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