Why is America’s First Great War of Empire Barely Remembered at Home?

Why is America’s First Great War of Empire Barely Remembered at Home?

Joe Jackson on the Legacy of the United States' Involvement in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution

By Joe Jackson | October 15, 2025

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

Sonora Jha on the Challenges of Satirizing a Character Who Reminds Her of Herself

By Sonora Jha | October 15, 2025

On the Terrible Toll of the Last Bloody Year of WWII

On the Terrible Toll of the Last Bloody Year of WWII

David Nasaw Delves Into the Physical and Mental Trauma of the Second World War

By David Nasaw | October 14, 2025

Lukas Gage Recommends His Favorite Celebrity Memoirs

Lukas Gage Recommends His Favorite Celebrity Memoirs

Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson, and More

By Lukas Gage | October 14, 2025

Quan Barry on Writing a Horror Novel Set in Antarctica

Quan Barry on Writing a Horror Novel Set in Antarctica

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Unveiling”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 14, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Megha Majumdar, Julia Ioffe, Erin Somers and More

By Teddy Wayne | October 14, 2025

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Poetry for Everyone: Remembering Courtney Kampa

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Jane Hamilton on Loving Her Work

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Regina Brooks on the Business of Memoir

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On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

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How Close Did We Come to Losing <em>Beowulf</em> Forever?

How Close Did We Come to Losing Beowulf Forever?

Robert Bartlett on a Vital Work of the Western Canon That Barely Survived Multiple Disasters

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Pynchon and Splatterpunk in America on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

Pynchon and Splatterpunk in America on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Oliver Scialdone, Devin Thomas O'Shea, Drew Broussard, and a phone call from Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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What <em>Hedda</em> Reveals About the Timelessness of Feminine Rage

What Hedda Reveals About the Timelessness of Feminine Rage

Hannah Bonner Talks to Director Nia DaCosta About Her Cinematic Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Play

By Hannah Bonner | October 10, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Thomas Pynchon, Gertrude Stein, John Banville, and More

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Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Gilbert King Introduces the Case of Leo Schofield, Accused of Murdering His Wife Michelle

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Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Marta Figlerowicz on an Unsung Thinker and Writer About Fascism and Nationalism

By Marta Figlerowicz | October 10, 2025

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