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Letters to Vera

Letters to Vera

Vladimir Nabokov, Brian Boyd, and Olga Voronina

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 4, 2015

The Greatest (Sellout) Generation

The Greatest (Sellout) Generation

Howard Smith's Classic Interviews Reveal How Little America Has Changed

By Buzz Poole | November 3, 2015

The Smith Tapes: Lost Interviews with Rock Stars & Icons 1969-1972

The Smith Tapes: Lost Interviews with Rock Stars & Icons 1969-1972

An interview with Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 3, 2015

Behind the Madness of the Salem Witch Hunt

Behind the Madness of the Salem Witch Hunt

Stacy Schiff on the Darkest of American Stories

By Stacy Schiff | October 30, 2015

A Literary History of Witches

A Literary History of Witches

Scaring Men From Time Immemorial

By Jess Bergman | October 30, 2015

History's People

History's People

Margaret MacMillan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 21, 2015

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A Literary History of Whales

By Blair Beusman | October 16, 2015

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

By Ben Shattuck | October 16, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

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

Is Topeka the Most Poetic City in America?

Is Topeka the Most Poetic City in America?

Racism, Iniquity, Fundamentalism, and Poetry!

By Amy Brady | October 13, 2015

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

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

Wayne A. Wiegand

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 9, 2015

The Unseen Theft of America's Literary History

The Unseen Theft of America's Literary History

There Are Thieves in the Archives, and We Don't Even Know It

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

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