How Thoreau Launched the Transcendentalist Experiment in Education

How Thoreau Launched the Transcendentalist Experiment in Education

On Creating a Curriculum Based on Freedom

By Robert A. Gross | November 10, 2021

“It Will Outrage As Many Readers As It Delights.” On Joseph Heller’s </em>Catch-22</em>

“It Will Outrage As Many Readers As It Delights.” On Joseph Heller’s Catch-22

A 1961 New York Times Review of Heller’s Classic WWII satire

By Book Marks | November 10, 2021

Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was... Kind of a Dump

Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was... Kind of a Dump

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the Library’s Transformation Under Sir Thomas Bodley

By Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen | November 10, 2021

Staring Down Horror: On Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Recovering Hope From Suffering

Staring Down Horror: On Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Recovering Hope From Suffering

Michael Ignatieff Examines What It Means to Find Solace in the Face of Destruction

By Michael Ignatieff | November 10, 2021

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 10, 2021

Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and <em>Goodnight Moon</em> as Avant-Garde Horror

Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and Goodnight Moon as Avant-Garde Horror

Book Recommendations From the Author of The Liar's Dictionary

By Book Marks | November 10, 2021

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Ruben Gallego on the Fate of Lima Company During and After Iraq

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Jasmine Warga on the Relationship Between Language and Her Hyphenated Identity

By NewberyTart | November 10, 2021

Strangeness, Uncanniness, Eeriness: This Year at the Festival Neue Literatur

Strangeness, Uncanniness, Eeriness: This Year at the Festival Neue Literatur

The Best of Contemporary German Writing in New York

By Literary Hub | November 10, 2021

Myriam J.A. Chancy on the Intimate Power and Purpose of Fiction

Myriam J.A. Chancy on the Intimate Power and Purpose of Fiction

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | November 10, 2021

<em>When We Make It</em> by Elisabet Velasquez, Read by the Author

When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez, Read by the Author

A Vivid and Poignant Novel-In-Verse for Teens

By Behind the Mic | November 10, 2021

How Collaborating With Artificial Intelligence Could Help Writers of the Future

How Collaborating With Artificial Intelligence Could Help Writers of the Future

On the Growing Potential of Computational Literature

By Drew Zeiba | November 9, 2021

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

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

Featuring Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr., Alison MacLeod, Robin McLean, and More

By Teddy Wayne | November 9, 2021

How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

Dan Jones Maps the Fault Lines of Collapse

By Dan Jones | November 9, 2021

“Every Page Holds an Answer.” Lily King on Shirley Hazzard’s <em>The Evening of the Holiday</em>

“Every Page Holds an Answer.” Lily King on Shirley Hazzard’s The Evening of the Holiday

In Praise of a Great Literary Love

By Lily King | November 9, 2021

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