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A Literary History of Whales

A Literary History of Whales

The benevolent behemoths through Human history

By Blair Beusman | October 16, 2015

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

On the wives of whalers and their dildos, aka "he's-at-homes"

By Ben Shattuck | October 16, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

Happy Pub Birthday, Moby-Dick, You are the Best

By Joel Cuthbertson | October 16, 2015

Hitler-Spotting at the Frankfurt Bookfair

Hitler-Spotting at the Frankfurt Bookfair

In Which the German Literary Scene is Compared to a Serial Killer

By Tara Bray Smith | October 14, 2015

A Woman Alone in China

A Woman Alone in China

The Story of a Missionary Who Stayed

By Virginia Pye | October 14, 2015

The Children of Chernobyl, In Their Own Words

The Children of Chernobyl, In Their Own Words

Read an Excerpt from Newly Minted Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich

By Svetlana Alexievich | October 13, 2015

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Is Topeka the Most Poetic City in America?

By Amy Brady | October 13, 2015

Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 9, 2015

The Unseen Theft of America's Literary History

By Travis McDade | October 8, 2015

Black Voices Matter: The Genius of Jeffery Renard Allen

Black Voices Matter: The Genius of Jeffery Renard Allen

Charles Johnson on Rails Under My Back

By Charles Johnson | October 6, 2015

Jeanette Winterson Rewrites Shakespeare

Jeanette Winterson Rewrites Shakespeare

Why a cover version of The Winter's Tale is necessary

By Jeanette Winterson | October 6, 2015

Did It Really Happen? Fact, Fiction, Fate

Did It Really Happen? Fact, Fiction, Fate

When Fiction Seems All Too True

By Leslie Pietrzyk | October 5, 2015

The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

David Jaher

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 1, 2015

Identities Adrift Off the American Shore

Identities Adrift Off the American Shore

Korean-Japanese Relations, National Identity, and the Zainichi

By Joohwan Kim | September 30, 2015

Exploring Patrick Modiano's Paris

Exploring Patrick Modiano's Paris

Of Memoryscapes and Lost Time

By Debarati Sanyal | September 28, 2015

How The French Think

How The French Think

Sudhir Hazareesingh

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 28, 2015

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