• History

    The Hub

    In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

    By Walker Caplan  October 26, 2021
    The Hub

    The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché: “it was a dark and stormy night.”

    By Emily Temple  October 26, 2021
    The Hub

    Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 26, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

    By Book Marks  October 26, 2021
    Keen On

    W. Ralph Eubanks Takes a Journey Through the Literary History of Mississippi

    By Keen On  October 26, 2021
    The Hub

    Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

    By Walker Caplan  October 25, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Richard Powers on How Stories Can Help Us Cultivate Kinship with Other Creatures

    By Emergence Magazine  October 25, 2021
    Literary History

    Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

    By Tana Wojczuk  October 25, 2021
    The Hub

    A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s Henry IV is up for auction.

    By Walker Caplan  October 22, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 21, 2021
    Culture Wars

    How Nostalgia Can Hide Dark Political Realities

    By Andrew Potter  October 21, 2021
    Afghanistan

    Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

    By Taran Khan  October 21, 2021
    Keen On

    What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Innovation

    By Keen On  October 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s Ulysses?

    By Walker Caplan  October 20, 2021
    Rural America

    White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

    By Brad Kessler  October 20, 2021
    Literary History

    How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

    By Wil Haygood  October 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

    By Keen On  October 20, 2021
    Travel

    Who is the mystery man caught on Google Maps writing a poem on the beach?

    By Walker Caplan  October 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Did you know that Medieval physicians tied astrology handbooks to their belts for medical help?

    By Jonny Diamond  October 19, 2021
    Botany

    Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

    By Rebecca Solnit  October 19, 2021
    Animals

    How One Unexpected Phone Call Led to the Rescue of the Last Diving Horse in America

    By Cynthia A. Branigan  October 19, 2021
    Keen On

    Vanessa Veselka on What the Next American Revolution Might Look Like

    By Keen On  October 19, 2021
    History

    How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

    By Mallory O'Meara  October 19, 2021
    Old English

    On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

    By Mary Wellesley  October 19, 2021
    The 2021 Cundill History Prize

    Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

    By Literary Hub  October 19, 2021
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