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How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

New Stories Born from the Oldest Ballads

By Taylor Brown | February 3, 2016

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

Matt Gallagher on the Difference Between Experience and Authority

By Matt Gallagher | February 2, 2016

Emotional Truths and Historical Lies in the Shadow of the Great War

Emotional Truths and Historical Lies in the Shadow of the Great War

Andrea Molesini on the Stories We Tell to Make Sense of the Past

By Andrea Molesini | February 1, 2016

Travels to Nowhere

Travels to Nowhere

Documenting the Disconnections of Global Flight

By Lit Hub Photography | January 26, 2016

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

Cave-ins, explosions, and hard, brutal work

By James Green | January 25, 2016

A Novel of Putin's Russia That Got Its Writer Beaten Up

A Novel of Putin's Russia That Got Its Writer Beaten Up

The Courage of Reporter-Turned-Novelist Oleg Kashin

By Will Evans | January 25, 2016

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By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 22, 2016

A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

By Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman | January 21, 2016

There's No Place For Joy in Today's Moscow

There's No Place For Joy in Today's Moscow

Sergei Lebedev Mourns a City Sealed in Silence

By Sergei Lebedev | January 20, 2016

The Story of Segregation, One Photo at a Time

The Story of Segregation, One Photo at a Time

The insistent eye of Gordon Parks, Photojournalist

By Lit Hub Photography | January 18, 2016

A Brief History of Book Illustration

A Brief History of Book Illustration

Are We At the Start of Another Golden Age for Image/Text Collaboration?

By Chris Russell | January 14, 2016

The Life and Times of the Great Rafael Chirbes

The Life and Times of the Great Rafael Chirbes

"Literature Demands a Form of Aloneness That Can Be Unbearable"

By Valerie Miles | January 6, 2016

A Brief History of Books That Do Not Exist

A Brief History of Books That Do Not Exist

Of Ghosts and the Great Invisible Library

By Samantha Hunt | January 4, 2016

The Unheralded Monk Who Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing

The Unheralded Monk Who Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing

Martin Luther: Revolutionary Disruptor and Start-Up Success Story

By Andrew Pettegree | December 28, 2015

A Brief History of the Hit Christmas Song

A Brief History of the Hit Christmas Song

Ben Yagoda on How "White Christmas" Started It All

By Ben Yagoda | December 21, 2015

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