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literary criticism

Annie Ernaux and the Writer’s Obsession with Intermittent Love

Annie Ernaux now has a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature, so here's what makes her work so very Ernaux: obsessive and intermittent love.
By Alyse Burnside

Review: Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Medieval Novel ‘Lapvona’ Cements Her Prolific Storytelling Talent

Prolific author Ottessa Moshfegh's newest novel 'Lapvona' is a step away from her past work with the same impressively accurate cynicism.
By Jamie Hood

Review: Imogen Binnie’s Much Awaited Reprint of ‘Nevada’ in the Golden Age of Trans Literature

The reprinting of Imogen Binnie's 2013 novel 'Nevada' is incredibly well timed as it coalesces with the golden era of trans lit it began.
By Grace Byron

Review: Alyssa Songsiridej’s Debut Novel ‘Little Rabbit’ Reels You in With Nuance and Kink

By Danielle Chelosky

Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Sea of Tranquility’ Grapples With Pandemic Existence

By Megan Otto

Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘To Paradise’ Is a 720 Page Exploration of Relationships

By Iman Sultan

Claudia Durastanti’s ‘Strangers I Know’ Is an Exploration of Family and Becoming

By Amy Pedulla

Little Misogyny: Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

By Grace Byron

Mrs. March Subverts the Dead Girl Muse Trope

By Scarlett Harris

Rachel Cusk Takes Us Through an Emotional Marsh in ‘Second Place’

By Ginger Greene

Helen Frankenthaler Biography ‘Fierce Poise’ Explores Early Career and ’50s New York

By Lauren LeBlanc

Revisiting Agatha Christie’s Orientalism in ‘Death On the Nile’

By Grace Byron
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