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This Week in Literary History: Mae West is Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Obscenity

This Week in Literary History: Mae West is Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Obscenity

“She seemed to go to extremes in order to make the play as obscene and immoral as possible.”

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2026

The Scent of Rebellion: How Cannabis Became the Drug of Choice For the Counterculture

The Scent of Rebellion: How Cannabis Became the Drug of Choice For the Counterculture

Jeremy Narby on the Intersection of Music and Marijuana, From Jazz Icons to Rock Stars

By Jeremy Narby | April 20, 2026

In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History

In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History

Dr. Laura E. Helton on the Story of a Great American Book Collector

By Laura E. Helton | April 20, 2026

“Brevity is the fuse attached to every breath,” a Poem by Bob Hicock

“Brevity is the fuse attached to every breath,” a Poem by Bob Hicock

From the Collection Breathe

By Bob Hicok | April 20, 2026

Danielle Bainbridge on Defying the Formula to Find Your Form

Danielle Bainbridge on Defying the Formula to Find Your Form

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | April 20, 2026

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 Maria Semple, Gwendoline Riley, Lena Dunham, and more

By Book Marks | April 17, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Ramona Ausubel’s Favorite Exercise for Getting Unstuck

By Ramona Ausubel | April 17, 2026

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

By Antony Beevor | April 17, 2026

On the Dark Arts of Writing Dangerously (and Marriage, and Life in L.A.)

By Luke Goebel | April 17, 2026

What’s In a Name? Leise Hook on What Her American and Chinese Names Reveal About Herself

What’s In a Name? Leise Hook on What Her American and Chinese Names Reveal About Herself

From the Graphic Memoir Names and Faces

By Leise Hook | April 17, 2026

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

Samira K. Mehta Explores the Christian Theological Justifications For Birth Control

By Samira K. Mehta | April 17, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Khong is Reading Now, And Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Khong is Reading Now, And Next

Featuring Anne Truitt, Simon Critchley, James Hillman, and More

By Diana Arterian | April 17, 2026

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Four

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Four

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2026

How <em>Parks and Recreation</em> Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

How Parks and Recreation Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on the Real-Life Inspirations for the Town of Pawnee, Indiana

By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong | April 16, 2026

On the Systematic Annihilation of Gaza’s Educational Future

On the Systematic Annihilation of Gaza’s Educational Future

Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi Confronts the Devastation Wrought Upon Her Generation of Young Palestinians

By Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi | April 16, 2026

Polly Barton on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s <em>Hell of Solitude</em>

Polly Barton on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

“The question then is, what does matter? What do we have when we do not have a story?”

By Polly Barton | April 16, 2026

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