• Literary Criticism

    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of April

    By Emily Temple  April 27, 2023
    Queer Literature

    Literary Lovers: A Sapphic Reading List for Every Mood

    By McKayla Coyle  April 27, 2023
    Otherppl

    Practice Makes Perfect, and Also Nothing Matters: Emily St. John Mandel on Revision and Recklessness

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 27, 2023
    Incarceration

    No Human Contact: On Solitary Confinement’s Origins as a Tool for Handling Mental Illness

    By Pete Earley  April 27, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 27, 2023
    Criticism

    Simple, Sparse and Profound: David Sexton on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

    By David Sexton  April 26, 2023
    Reading List

    Literal Star-Crossed Lovers: A Reading List of Space Operas with Romance Subplots

    By S. B. Divya  April 26, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Douglas Manuel is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 26, 2023
    What (Not) to Watch

    10 Screen Adaptations Much, Much Worse Than The Books They’re Based On

    By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Meet the Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize “Winner of Winners” Shortlist

    By Literary Hub  April 25, 2023
    new books tuesday

    17 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 25, 2023
    Motherhood

    Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

    By Claire Dederer  April 25, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Jennifer Egan on the Fascinating Interactions Between Technology and Inner Life

    By Talk Easy  April 25, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Courtney Zoffness on Accidentally Writing an Essay Collection 

    By I'm a Writer But   April 25, 2023
    Keen On

    Rishi Dastidar Offers a Post-Apocalyptic Jig and Reel to Dance Around Our Climate Crisis

    By Keen On  April 25, 2023
    The Hub

    Let’s talk about that Great Expectations finale.

    By Janet Manley  April 24, 2023
    Awards

    Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

    By Lauren Groff  April 24, 2023
    Blume Fever

    Julie Buntin on the Uncanny Omniscience of Judy Blume

    By Julie Buntin  April 24, 2023
    Natural Horror

    The Monstrousness Lurking Inside Motherhood

    By Amanda Parrish Morgan  April 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Aleksandar Hemon on Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and the Political Power of “Macaronic” Language

    By Keen On  April 24, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Black Shakespeare: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

    By History of Literature  April 24, 2023
    First Draft

    Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 24, 2023
    On Poetry

    Pattiann Rogers on the “Flicker” that Connects All Life in Her Poems

    By Leslie Lindsay  April 24, 2023
    What to Watch

    Take a Sigh of Relief: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is Wonderful

    By Olivia Rutigliano  April 21, 2023
    Climate Change Library

    Orion Recommends: Ten Essential Reads for Earth Day 2023

    By Orion Magazine  April 21, 2023
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