• History

    Police

    On Charles Dickens’ Devious, Hypocritical “Nice Guy” Cop

    By Olivia Rutigliano  June 12, 2020
    Gay Icons

    Larry Kramer’s Great Expectations

    By Ben Miller  June 11, 2020
    Presidents

    A Hierarchy of American Presidential Lies

    By Glenn Kessler  June 10, 2020
    Poets

    On the Radical Afterlives of William Wordsworth

    By Jonathan Bate  June 10, 2020
    China

    On the Time China’s Leader Deng Xiaoping Went to a Rodeo in Texas

    By Michael Schuman  June 10, 2020
    Reparations

    The Function of Shame
    in Literature

    By Marina Endicott  June 9, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Passion and Patience: On the Timeless Virtues of Marguerite Yourcenar’s Hadrian

    By Dave Lucas  June 8, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter from Minneapolis: Why the Rebellion Had to Begin Here

    By Su Hwang  June 8, 2020
    Indigenous Peoples

    The Making of an Indigenous Land Activist

    By Nina Lakhani  June 8, 2020
    Feminism

    A Brief Feminist History of Bike-Riding

    By Hannah Ross  June 8, 2020
    War

    When We Hid From War in the Woods

    By Wayétu Moore  June 5, 2020
    Healthcare

    Remembering Florence Nightingale in the Year of the Nurse

    By Danielle Ofri  June 5, 2020
    Fascism

    Inside Hitler’s Plan to Rescue Mussolini from His Failing Regime

    By Howard Blum  June 5, 2020
    Red Ink Series

    Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Being Haunted

    By Literary Hub  June 5, 2020
    Cities

    Writing the Story of a Disappearing City

    By Zan Romanoff  June 4, 2020
    Reading Lists

    Understanding the Complexities of Cuba: A Reading List

    By Anthony DePalma  June 4, 2020
    What to Read

    9 New Books To Read in June

    By Literary Hub  June 4, 2020
    Black Lives Matter

    Readings on Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence in America

    By Jonny Diamond  June 3, 2020
    Fascism

    On the Clearing of Lafayette Square, and the Coward Donald Trump

    By Timothy Denevi  June 3, 2020
    Letters Home

    Layli Long Soldier on Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd

    By Layli Long Soldier  June 3, 2020
    Sex

    How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction

    By JoAnn Wypijewski  June 3, 2020
    Queer Lit

    The Deliverance of Douglas A. Martin’s Obsessive Desire

    By Hugh Ryan  June 3, 2020
    Spirituality

    The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

    By Patrice Vecchione  June 2, 2020
    China

    How Shanghai Became a City of Literary Experimentation

    By Dr. Jin Li  June 2, 2020
    Colonialism

    Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

    By Tom Zoellner  June 2, 2020
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