• Literary Criticism

    In Conversation

    Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

    Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of The Strange God Who Makes Us

     
    By Peter Mishler  October 25, 2023
    On Memoir

    Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O’Connor

    By Allyson McCabe  October 23, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

    By History of Literature  October 23, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 20, 2023
    Sex

    Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

    By Ahmed Naji  October 19, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 19, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Maris Review

    Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

    By The Maris Review  October 19, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 19, 2023
    Endings

    On the Ending of a Literary Journal

    By Freeman's   October 18, 2023
    Louisa May Alcott

    Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

    Liz Rosenberg on the Literary Marvels of Alcott's Memoirs

    By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
    Politics

    John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

    By John Lee Clark  October 17, 2023
    In Translation

    Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

    By Ye Chun  October 17, 2023
    Lit Century

    Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan

    By Lit Century   October 17, 2023
    Childhood

    Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

    Pamela Newton Reflects on Alexander Stille's The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

    By Pamela Newton  October 16, 2023
    Cult Memoir

    On Safyia Sinclair, Noreen Masud and Exposing the Sins of Our Fathers

    By Lily Dunn  October 16, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Celia Brayfield on How Anna Sewell Changed Animal Rights

    By History of Literature  October 16, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 13, 2023
    Horror

    Dorothea Lasky on the Power of Horror

    The Poet Considers Kubrick's The Shining and Sylvia Plath's “Tulips”

    By Dorothea Lasky  October 13, 2023
    Pulp

    In Praise of Pulp Fiction

    By Isa Arsén  October 12, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

    By The Maris Review  October 12, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Rebecca Makkai on Progress, Misogyny, and #MeToo

    By Drew Broussard  October 12, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    "The book is a naked attempt by a twilight superstar to shore up his legacy"

    By Book Marks  October 12, 2023
    literary criticism

    The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s The Glimpses of the Moon

    By Jessie Gaynor  October 11, 2023
    Witold Gombrowicz

    Adam Thirlwell on Witold Gombrowicz’s The Possessed

    By Adam Thirlwell  October 11, 2023
    Dick Lit

    Men Who Don’t Know Women: On Unlearning the Lessons of “Dick Lit”

    By Molly McGhee  October 17, 2023
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