On Sophocles, Boswell, and the Power of Literature

On Sophocles, Boswell, and the Power of Literature

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

By Zora Neale Hurston | January 20, 2022

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

By Aanchal Saraf | January 20, 2022

Teaching Literature Means Teaching Empathy

By Arnold Weinstein | January 20, 2022

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

Uli Beutter Cohen on Exploring the Literary Landscape of New York City’s Underground

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 20, 2022

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 20, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On New Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Jahn Darnielle, Bernardine Evaristo, and More

By Book Marks | January 20, 2022

WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

WATCH: Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan on Collective Memory

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 20, 2022

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

Susan DeFreitas on the Lessons of Le Guin During a Pandemic

By Susan DeFreitas | January 19, 2022

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s <em>Carol</em>

The Rapturous Love of Patricia Highsmith’s Carol

A Classic Review of Highsmith’s Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Originally Published as The Price of Salt in 1952

By Book Marks | January 19, 2022

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

“Baldwin loved her caustic wit.”

By Charles J. Shields | January 19, 2022

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