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10 authors shaping contemporary Ukrainian literature
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoUkraine has a thriving contemporary literature scene with writers from across the country working in multiple genres. There’s a wide variety of texts for...
The ‘brutal, bloodbath’ reviews of literary ‘it’ girl Lauren Oyler that sent the internet alight
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAmerican literary critic Lauren Oyler was famous for her takedowns of books by beloved authors like...
Bookforum is back! After folding last year, the beloved lit mag is revived by the Nation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLovers of long-form literary criticism have a little less to lament today. The Nation is bringing Bookforum back from the dead. Six months after the beloved literary magazine Bookforum announced ...
The Power of Percival Everett: America’s Incendiary Man of Letters
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Power of Percival EverettOprah Daily With a lifetime achievement award from the National Book...
Shakespeare and the Naval Academy
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoForget Denmark. Once again, something may be rotten in Annapolis — or at least amiss. I say “once again” because I have previously written about the plight of Naval Academy Professor Bruce Fleming ...
She Was the Most Feared Woman in Publishing. What Happened?
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt’s hard to explain just how much power Michiko Kakutani once seemed to have in publishing. The New...
Tennessee drag show bill: Will drag performances be banned? What we know.
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTennessee lawmaker approved a controversial and somewhat confusing bill aimed at regulating drag...
Philip Marlowe perfume, anyone? Raymond Chandler's estate revives its hero, for better or worse
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months ago(Paul Rogers / For The Times) Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide...
‘No Judgment’ and ‘All Things Are Too Small’: Attitude and Argument
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF One result of literature’s diminished standing in American culture has been a curtailment...
'No Judgment' Author Lauren Oyler Wants a Challenge
Elle via AOL· 3 months agoLauren Oyler on 'No Judgment' and CriticismHarperOne/Carleen Coulter/Design by Leah Romero “I don’t like posting anymore,” says novelist, essayist, and...