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The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Fatemeh Shams on Loss, Veil, Exile, and the Passing of a Literary Giant

By Fatemeh Shams | June 18, 2026

On Redeeming Freud

On Redeeming Freud

Stephen O’Connor Writes About the Connection Between His Father and Sigmund Freud

By Stephen O'Connor | June 17, 2026

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

Dominic Erdozain on the Contradictions at the Heart of Thomas Jefferson’s United States

By Dominic Erdozain | June 15, 2026

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

The Remarkable Life and Times of George Forster

By Andrea Wulf | June 11, 2026

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Helen Bain on Taking a Plathian Pilgrimage

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

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Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

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By Gail Crowther | May 26, 2026

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

Sarah M.S. Pearsall Discusses the Bloody History of Pontiac‘s War

By Sarah M. S. Pearsall | May 26, 2026

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

Claudia Verhoeven on the Convoluted Notions of Time in the Manson Family

By Claudia Verhoeven | May 26, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

A Literary Trailblazer

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2026

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

H.W. Brands on the Early Career of Our First President

By H.W. Brands | May 20, 2026

A prize-winning story published in <em>Granta</em> was (very likely) written by AI.

A prize-winning story published in Granta was (very likely) written by AI.

By Brittany Allen | May 19, 2026

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