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The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

On Families and Survivors: "I know it will be hard for you to read."

By Carol Sklenicka | January 21, 2020

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

Ayelet Waldman on the Landmark Case O’Connor v. Donaldson

By Ayelet Waldman | January 21, 2020

Post-Soviet Travel on the Turkmen-Kazakh Border

Post-Soviet Travel on the Turkmen-Kazakh Border

Erika Fatland: "The whole world will soon be wearing jeans made in China."

By Erika Fatland | January 21, 2020

The War on Poverty Changed a Young George Foreman's Life

The War on Poverty Changed a Young George Foreman's Life

How the Iconic Boxer's Future Was Tied Up with LBJ's Great Society

By Andrew R.M. Smith | January 17, 2020

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”

Rory MacLean Travels to the Forgotten Parts of Europe

By Rory MacLean | January 17, 2020

Christopher Brown on Serving on the Inspiration Behind <em>Rule of Capture</em>

Christopher Brown on Serving on the Inspiration Behind Rule of Capture

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

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Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii's Painful History

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

K Chess: Imagining a Radically Different 20th Century That Might Have Been

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

The Art of War is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It

By Michael Nylan | January 16, 2020

On John Brown and the Rise of the Radical Republican Abolitionists

On John Brown and the Rise of the Radical Republican Abolitionists

LeeAnna Keith Recounts the Politics and Intrigue of the Harpers Ferry Raid

By LeeAnna Keith | January 16, 2020

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

“To become a true American a white American’s identity
must partake of blackness.”

By John F. Callahan | January 16, 2020

On the Birth of the Economist Class and the Untaming of Corporations

On the Birth of the Economist Class and the Untaming of Corporations

Nicholas Shaxson on New Books by Nicholas Lemann, Binyamin Appelbaum, and More

By Nicholas Shaxson | January 15, 2020

Before Beauty Vlogging, There Were Renaissance<br> 'Books of Secrets'

Before Beauty Vlogging, There Were Renaissance
'Books of Secrets'

Meghan Racklin on the History and Alchemy of Self-Care

By Meghan Racklin | January 15, 2020

Finding the Literature I Needed Everywhere But University

Finding the Literature I Needed Everywhere But University

Jessica Andrews on Seeing Herself in the Writing of Adrienne Rich, Jeanette Winterson, Audre Lorde and More

By Jessica Andrews | January 15, 2020

Steve Inskeep: The Rise and Fall of American Adventurer and Politician John Frémont

Steve Inskeep: The Rise and Fall of American Adventurer and Politician John Frémont

The Author of Imperfect Union Answers a Few Questions from Lit Hub

By Literary Hub | January 14, 2020

How Edith Wharton's Novel of New York High Society Speaks to Class Divisions Today

How Edith Wharton's Novel of New York High Society Speaks to Class Divisions Today

Jennifer Egan on The House of Mirth

By Jennifer Egan | January 14, 2020

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