Stephanie Burt

Stephanie Burt is professor of English at Harvard and the author of several books of poetry and literary criticism, among them Advice from the Lights (an NEA Big Read selection) and Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems.

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Dark Phoenix’s Flaws Highlight What’s Still Great About the 40-Year-Old Story

Stephanie Burt

June 10, 2019 2:57 PM

How Terrance Hayes Transforms the Staid Sonnet Into Something New

Stephanie Burt

May 28, 2019 9:00 AM

A “Wiggly” Poem About Florida Critiques the Way We Extract Meaning From Nature

Stephanie Burt

Sept 08, 2016 11:00 AM

Squirrel Girl Is Not the Hero We Deserved. She’s the One We Needed.

Stephanie Burt

May 21, 2015 10:18 AM

Student Evaluations Are Biased, Bigoted, and Misleading. They’re Also Extremely Useful.

Stephanie Burt

May 15, 2015 5:45 PM

Comics’ Best Superhero Series Is Turning 20. It’s Never Been Made Into a Big-Budget Movie.

Stephanie Burt

Jan 08, 2015 9:47 AM

These Books About Pop and Rock Albums Will Change the Way You Think About Criticism

Stephanie Burt

Sept 09, 2014 11:31 PM

The Best Books From the Definitive Series About Pop Albums

Stephanie Burt

Sept 09, 2014 11:30 PM

Kitty Pryde Has Some Notes on the New X-Men Movie

Stephanie Burt

May 23, 2014 8:08 AM

Should You Go to Grad School? A Choose-Your-Own Adventure.

Stephanie Burt

May 08, 2014 2:17 PM

Hunger Games combines the wilderness survival tale with the Cinderella story—and subverts them both.

Stephanie Burt

March 22, 2012 1:15 PM

Spring 2008 Books in Brief

Jack Shafer, June Thomas, Reza Aslan, Amanda Fortini, Nathan Heller, Melinda Henneberger, Troy Patterson, David Plotz, John Swansburg, Justin Taylor, and Stephanie Burt

May 02, 2008 7:07 AM

Slate’s winter reading.

Paul Berman, June Thomas, Tyler Cowen, Amanda Fortini, Melinda Henneberger, Christine Kenneally, Megan Marshall, Troy Patterson, Jess Row, Amanda Schaffer, Laura Shapiro, and Stephanie Burt

Feb 01, 2008 7:29 AM