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The Invisible Women, Immigrants, and Poor Americans of The Great Depression

The Invisible Women, Immigrants, and Poor Americans of The Great Depression

Dana Frank Excavates the Stories of the Forgotten in an America That Needs to Hear Them Today

By Dana Frank | October 9, 2024

The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Medici Affair, the History of Free Trade Zones, and the Mysteries of the Geneva Freeport

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | October 9, 2024

Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

Ben Edge Recommends Work by John Maizels, Charles Freger, Stefan Fisher and More

By Ben Edge | October 9, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Rachel Robbins Considers the Roles of Fact, History and Memory in Storytelling

By Rachel Robbins | October 9, 2024

How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

Richard Bernstein on the Early Years of Mass Entertainment in the United States

By Richard Bernstein | October 9, 2024

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Kalyanee Mam on Knowing Your Taste

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By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

A Literary Inheritance: On the Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell) To Our Children

By Alejandro Zambra | October 8, 2024

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

Witold Rybczynski Explores the Dark History and Unsavory Origins of an Automotive Icon

By Witold Rybczynski | October 8, 2024

“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

Kenneth C. Davis on Book Bans, Reading as Exercising, and Turning to Shorter Books in the Age of Screens

By Kenneth C. Davis | October 8, 2024

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

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

Featuring Charles Bock, Mike Fu, Kate Greathead, and More

By Teddy Wayne | October 8, 2024

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Witches of El Paso”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 8, 2024

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

Steve Wasserman Deconstructs the “Writer’s Space”

By Steve Wasserman | October 7, 2024

Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write <em>Two-Step Devil</em>

Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write Two-Step Devil

Featuring Work by William Blake, Rabih Alammedine, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and More

By Jamie Quatro | October 7, 2024

All or Nothing: Deborah Levy on Marguerite Duras’s <em>The Lover</em>

All or Nothing: Deborah Levy on Marguerite Duras’s The Lover

“Duras never covertly apologizes for the moral or psychological way that she exists in the world.”

By Deborah Levy | October 7, 2024

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