Literature

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1903, Evelyn Waugh is born.    Narratives everywhere all at...

As an Arab American woman, I can tell you that most Western portrayals of the Middle East in pop culture...

“A Dream of Butterflies” is an interesting one. It feels a bit hodge-podgey to me, a combination of several dominant...

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“I used to think authors who spent 20 years writing a book must be sad, pathetic creatures.” Devoney Looser on writing...

It’s been three long years since our last Masquerade of the Red Death in 2019, and let’s just say that...

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Cormac McCarthy, Kevin Chen, Sofia Samatar, and more—that are publishing this week....

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October 28, 2022, 9:45am Listen. It’s Friday, and things aren’t great. But here’s something nice for you: a collection of...

These days, the early days of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 feel like a distant memory. Zoom fatigue, baking banana bread,...

One day back in grad school my advisor, a savvy and successful novelist whose books meant a great deal to...

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October 27, 2022, 8:09pm In a ceremony on Thursday at the Austin Central Library, Kirkus Reviews announced the three winners...

Endometriosis is classified by Mayo Clinic as a “common” condition, “treatable by a medical professional.” And yet, when Emma Bolden...

I confess: I haunt bookstores. I lurk in libraries. I meander in museums and stalk beloved book spaces, losing time,...

There are a lot of reasons to increase one’s information literacy and as we age, it may become even more...