What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

Two Poets on the Mystery and Concreteness of the Prosaic

By Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton | November 20, 2020

A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

Jorge Carrión: All Bookshops Are Local and Global

By Jorge Carrión | November 19, 2020

Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

Brian Evenson Looks at Quin's Second Novel, Three

By Brian Evenson | November 19, 2020

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

Julia Alvarez on Voyage in the Dark

By Julia Alvarez | November 18, 2020

The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in <em>Pictures of Hollis Woods</em>

The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in Pictures of Hollis Woods

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | November 18, 2020

What Makes a Great <br>American Essay?

What Makes a Great
American Essay?

Talking to Phillip Lopate About Thwarted Expectations, Emerson, and the 21st-Century Essay Boom

By Phillip Lopate | November 17, 2020

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Sheila Heti on the Importance of Finding Trusted Readers

By Sheila Heti | November 16, 2020

The Real Golden Age of
Science Fiction

By History of Literature | November 16, 2020

5 Books You May Have
Missed in October

By Bethanne Patrick | November 13, 2020

Kathleen Jennings on the Grim Genre of the Australian Gothic

Kathleen Jennings on the Grim Genre of the Australian Gothic

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | November 13, 2020

On George Eliot's Uncertain Relationship to Feminism

On George Eliot's Uncertain Relationship to Feminism

Kathy O'Shaughnessy on Her "Liberating Honesty"

By Kathy O'Shaughnessy | November 12, 2020

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

That's Right.

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2020

The Dissident Act of Taking a<br> Walk at Night

The Dissident Act of Taking a
Walk at Night

Matthew Beaumont on Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian"

By Matthew Beaumont | November 11, 2020

Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

James Tate Hill with the Recommendations We Need

By James Tate Hill | November 11, 2020

A Poetic Structure Built on Many Voices: Talking to Matthew Daddona

A Poetic Structure Built on Many Voices: Talking to Matthew Daddona

Joannie Stangeland Speaks to the Author of House of Sound

By Joannie Stangeland | November 11, 2020

On the Dark American Nostalgia of <em>Cheaper By the Dozen</em>

On the Dark American Nostalgia of Cheaper By the Dozen

Historian April Holm Joins Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 10, 2020

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