• Literary Criticism

    Fairytales

    Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

    By Rebecca Solnit  May 7, 2019
    On Poetry

    On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

    By Patricia M. Dwyer  May 7, 2019
    Appreciations

    Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

    By Gerður Kristný  May 7, 2019
    Whiteness

    What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

    By Nam Le  May 6, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

    By Tobias Carroll  May 3, 2019
    Fathers and Daughters

    Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

    By Anjelica Huston  May 3, 2019
    Annotations

    Finnegan’s Wake at 80:
    In Defense of the Difficult

    By Susie Lopez  May 3, 2019
    Modern Classics

    Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

    By Eileen Myles  May 2, 2019
    The Hub

    Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here’s a gift: a classic review of Catch-22.

    By Katie Yee  May 1, 2019
    Geniuses

    On the Great Clarice Lispector

    By Benjamin Moser  April 30, 2019
    School Days

    On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

    By Michael Knight  April 30, 2019
    Bodice Ripping

    Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

    By Robert Morrison  April 30, 2019
    Shakespeare

    Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
    Writing About Religion?

    By Jonathan Bate  April 30, 2019
    What to Read

    Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite
    Stories This Month

    By Literary Hub  April 30, 2019
    Super Heroes

    Monster or Marvel? A Disabled Life in
    a Superhero Universe

    By Amanda Leduc  April 26, 2019
    The Hub

    William Faulkner’s grudging, misogynistic fan letter to Anita Loos

    By Emily Temple  April 26, 2019
    Queer Lit

    James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of Giovanni’s Room

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 25, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually Asked to Be Dropped Off

    By Delaney Nolan  April 25, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    What I Learned from Keeping a List
    of Every Book I Read

    By Pamela Nadell  April 24, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare’s True Identity

    By Stuart Kells  April 23, 2019
    Shakespeare

    Was Shakespeare Agnostic About
    the Afterlife?

    By John S. Garrison  April 23, 2019
    Deep Reads

    From Northland to Underland, What We Risk Losing

    By Andrew Ervin  April 22, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    A Tribute to Beat Writer Bobbie Louise Hawkins

    By Laura Henriksen  April 22, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Books to Help You Think
    Like a Visual Artist

    By Myla Goldberg  April 19, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Simon Critchley on Tragedy: Colluding in Our Calamity

    By Simon Critchley  April 18, 2019
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