Spain’s El País newspaper has pronounced a state of crisis in worldwide literary criticism. In an article on Saturday, Winston Manrique Sabogal interviewed some of the foremost names in literary journalism,… 19 / Read more »

At the time of writing, a Battle of Ideas is being fought at London’s totally dreamy Free Word Centre. The question: ‘Is it ever valid to judge literature with reference… 1 / Read more »

On the 24th of this month Vintage Books is resurrecting a magazine that has been dead since 1937. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, Night and Day was very much… Read more »

After taking a swipe at “pretentious” New York, the LAist gives a shout-out to the under-heralded Los Angeles literary scene with a list of the city’s best literary journals. “From the darkly… Read more »

New York magazine this week profiles Martin Peretz, who stepped down as editor of The New Republic, which he has edited and co-owned since 1974, on January 1st. Peretz has… Read more »

One of the saddest stories that took place during our August hiatus was the suicide of The Virginia Quarterly Review managing editor Kevin Morrissey, allegedly as a result of workplace… 2 / Read more »

A few months back, we engaged in some “irresponsible speculation” about who might be in line for the editorship of The Paris Review. The magazine’s current editor, Philip Gourevitch, announced… 2 / Read more »

The man Dave Eggers named his McSweeney’s Quarterly after (full name: Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern) has died, according to an a brief essay by Eggers posted on the magazine’s website.… Read more »

The hoary king of French literary reviews, the Nouvelle Revue Francaise, celebrates its 100th year anniversary with a special issue fêting many of their past great contributors. Jonathan Littel writes… Read more »

Of the nearly 1,600 literary magazines and journals that the editors of the Utne magazine receive, Toronto “has always stood out as a return address of distinction,” say the editors.… Read more »