Articles of Note

Mary Kay Wilmers, editor of the LRB, having read more than a few reviews of novels, has thoughts about where critics go wrong — and right... more »

New Books

When should novelists hang it up? Consider the increasingly wobbly, bloated work of Salman Rushdie, a writer in free fall... more »

Essays & Opinions

The overtly political novel — genre of Orwell, Ayn Rand, Upton Sinclair — is thoroughly out of fashion. Does it deserve to be saved?... more »