• Literary Criticism

    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
    How to Write

    Jane Alison on Raymond Carver
    and Tobias Wolff

    By Jane Alison  April 18, 2019
    Film and TV

    An Argument for Slowing the
    F*ck Down with War and Peace

    By Natalie Adler  April 17, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Harold Bloom on Wallace Stevens, Young Love, and Old Age

    By Harold Bloom  April 17, 2019
    Politics

    What Does Ulysses Tell Us About
    Pete Buttigieg?

    By Tyler Malone  April 15, 2019
    Religion

    Why Are So Many Fictional Teens
    Entering Cults?

    By Katherine Cusumano  April 15, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    Why More People Should Read This Danish Masterpiece

    By Garth Risk Hallberg  April 15, 2019
    The CIA

    The CIA Scheme That Brought
    Doctor Zhivago to The World

    By Rebecca Renner  April 12, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    How Ramona Quimby Helps Kids Make Sense of This Unstable World

    By Rachel Richardson  April 12, 2019
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