Articles of Note

What's become of commanding critics in the past 20 years? Most have died — and it's no longer obvious how much literary matters matter... more »

New Books

Wokeness and its discontents. Has social-justice activism devolved into narcissistic sloganeering? Maybe. But the left doesn't have a monopoly on navel-gazing... more »

Essays & Opinions

Bartleby, autistic? Melville, on the spectrum? Literary critics used to make such armchair diagnoses, but now they’ve gotten more sophisticated... more »