From a death obsessed young woman to the wives of convicted killers, March’s new releases are all about the interior worlds ...

This literary suspense introduces readers to Clove, a mother who’s gone to great lengths—and employed great lies—to create a comfortable, palatable world far from the one she grew up in. But a letter ...

(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.) This post is by way of a reply to Arthur Krystal’s “Easy Writers,” a thoroughly thought-provoking piece about the ...

Pundits in the literary world have been bemoaning the decline of literary magazines for years. These complaints have only gotten louder since the pandemic, which has seen an even more visceral ...

I love that literary fiction so often resists easy categorization. I love that this “genre” is not, really, a genre at all. And I especially love that, as literary fiction strains against conventions, ...

Writer Canisia Lubrin, known for her poetry, has won this year's Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which honors women and nonbinary storytellers in the U.S. and Canada. Lubrin's debut fiction work, ...

Literary fiction is distinguished from genre fiction by the emphasis on meaning over entertainment. Usually, literary fiction is character driven rather than plot driven. Four of 2023’s best literary ...

English teachers have long claimed reading books makes you a better person, maybe because their livelihoods have long depended on it. Now they've got proof, courtesy of the science wing. But not just ...

Finding the right literary agent can shape the future of a manuscript. Eight influential agents and agencies in India are helping writers move from drafts to publishing deals. Their experience, ...

During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate.