Criticism

Books

Poetically Speaking

A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
Books

The Polycrisis

Why can’t we stop talking about nonmonogamy?
Brandy Jensen
Books

Gender Wars

Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah
Books

In Search of Albertine

The feminist afterlives of Proust's iconic character
Victoria Baena
Books

Alice Notley’s Disobedience

The shape-shifting voice that changed American poetry
Tausif Noor
Books

Stealing the Show

Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson

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Criticism

From the Archives

The Function of Criticism Once More

Robert Langbaum
December 1, 1964
From the Archives

New Books in Review

Poems and Books of Poems
Thom Gunn
October 1, 1963
From the Archives

Outside Faction

Thom Gunn
June 1, 1961
From the Archives

Voices of Their Own

Thom Gunn
June 1, 1960
From the Archives

Excellence and Variety

Thom Gunn
January 1, 1960
From the Archives

Poetry as Written

Thom Gunn
January 1, 1959
From the Archives

A Negro Nation

W. E. B. Du Bois
January 1, 1942
From the Archives

Scholarship and Literary Criticism

Albert Feuillerat
January 1, 1925
From the Archives

Literary Criticism in American Periodicals

Bliss Perry
July 1, 1914
Ideas

The All Play No Fun Economy

How did we end up teetering between euphoria and exhaustion?
Jessikah Díaz