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Did You Know FDR Was Present For the Most Famous At-Bat in Baseball History?

Did You Know FDR Was Present For the Most Famous At-Bat in Baseball History?

Randall Sullivan on the Close Encounter of Two Icons of Depression-Era America

By Randall Sullivan | June 8, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Stanley Kubrick’s <em>Lolita</em> premieres in New York.

This Week in Literary History: Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita premieres in New York.

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?

By Literary Hub | June 8, 2026

“Sneaking the Scraps Out the Back Door.” On Black Feminist Traditions of Memory Keeping

“Sneaking the Scraps Out the Back Door.” On Black Feminist Traditions of Memory Keeping

Mali D. Collins on Black Motherhood and Community

By Mali D. Collins | June 8, 2026

Memoirs of a Black Cop: Reading Zohran Mamdani’s Newly Appointed Sheriff, Edwin Raymond

Memoirs of a Black Cop: Reading Zohran Mamdani’s Newly Appointed Sheriff, Edwin Raymond

Steven W. Thrasher on the Rise of Copablanda

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 5, 2026

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship

By Tom Zoellner | June 3, 2026

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Ed Simon Rereads Howl, a ”Genuine Masterpiece”

By Ed Simon | June 3, 2026

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This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published

By Literary Hub | June 1, 2026

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

By Sara Youngblood Gregory | May 29, 2026

“Do Indians Still Exist?” On Intergenerational Trauma and Indigenous Resilience

By Blair Palmer Yoxall | May 28, 2026

How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

Thomas Asbridge Considers the Influence of Religious Tradition on Medical Practice in the Middle Ages

By Thomas Asbridge | May 27, 2026

How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

Jennie Durant Explores the History of Beekeeping and Its Impact on American Agriculture

By Jennie Durant | May 27, 2026

How World War I Foretold Our Current Age of Competing Nationalisms

How World War I Foretold Our Current Age of Competing Nationalisms

Odd Arne Westad on the Lessons We Haven't Learned From the Devastation of the Great War

By Odd Arne Westad | May 27, 2026

Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

By Brittany Allen | May 26, 2026

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

Gail Crowther on the Literary Life of a Pop Culture Icon

By Gail Crowther | May 26, 2026

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

Sarah M.S. Pearsall Discusses the Bloody History of Pontiac‘s War

By Sarah M. S. Pearsall | May 26, 2026

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

Claudia Verhoeven on the Convoluted Notions of Time in the Manson Family

By Claudia Verhoeven | May 26, 2026

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