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On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s <em>No Name</em>

On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal?

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 24, 2026

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

Sander L. Gilman Considers the Tension Between Rootedness and Rootlessness

By Sander L. Gilman | July 24, 2026

Why Americans can’t seem to quit <em>Little House on the Prairie.</em>

Why Americans can’t seem to quit Little House on the Prairie.

By Brittany Allen | July 23, 2026

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

“Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 23, 2026

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

Jim Downs Considers the Important Work of Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Kevin Kruse, and More

By Jim Downs | July 23, 2026

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

Kōhei Saitō on the Myth of Free Market Solutions to Climate Change

By Kohei Saito | July 23, 2026

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God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

By Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell | July 23, 2026

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

By Jesse Waggoner | July 22, 2026

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

By Emily Eakin | July 21, 2026

This Week in Literary History: </br>O. Henry is Released from Prison

This Week in Literary History:
O. Henry is Released from Prison

“If he had simply gone back to Austin when he was summoned to stand trial, he would have been acquitted.”

By Literary Hub | July 20, 2026

How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population

How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population

Oliver Basciano on the Intersections of Illness and Colonialism in the Pacific

By Oliver Basciano | July 20, 2026

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Dinaw Mengestu, Past President of PEN America, on the Organization’s “Muddled Twists of Logic”

By Dinaw Mengestu | July 17, 2026

Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

Catherine Ostler on the True Stories Behind the Art

By Catherine Ostler | July 17, 2026

A Chorus of Poets: On the Possible Existence of Multiple Homers

A Chorus of Poets: On the Possible Existence of Multiple Homers

Henry Power Considers Theories on the Authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey

By Henry Power | July 17, 2026

This Week in Literary History: <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: The Catcher in the Rye is Published

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2026

How Israel Turned Gaza Into an “Annihilation Zone”

How Israel Turned Gaza Into an “Annihilation Zone”

Eyal Weizman on the Ways Land Can Tell the Story of Genocide

By Eyal Weizman | July 16, 2026

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