At this point, Maggie Nelson’s extraordinary The Argonauts almost needs no introduction. Last week, The Argonauts was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award. It has also been named a Top Ten Book… Read more »

Remember the Times Bookends column last week about how difficult it is for writers to write criticism about other writers? Zoe Heller and Adam Kirsch pointed out a few challenges… Read more »

“There is no such thing as the literary establishment. I know this because I am part of it,” writes Geoff Dyer in a Guardian essay. But why not just try and define what… Read more »

The Hatchet Job of the Year award will, on 10th February, reward the writer of the most ‘entertaining’ book review of the past year with—wait for it—a year’s supply of… Read more »