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Using the Lies of Fiction to Get to the Truth of Apartheid

Using the Lies of Fiction to Get to the Truth of Apartheid

Michelle Pretorius Wrestles with Her Country's Past

By Michelle Pretorius | July 21, 2016

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis

Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive

By Matthew Cheney | July 20, 2016

Brief History of a Terror Attack: The Day That Changed Argentina

Brief History of a Terror Attack: The Day That Changed Argentina

Ilan Stavans on the 1994 Bombing of the AMIA

By Ilan Stavans | July 18, 2016

Catching Wild Bill and Jane: The End of a Killing Spree in Panama

Catching Wild Bill and Jane: The End of a Killing Spree in Panama

On the Crimes of William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese

By Nick Foster | July 13, 2016

What Happens When You Break Into America's Nuclear Bomb Factory

What Happens When You Break Into America's Nuclear Bomb Factory

On Hearing the Lord's Call to Turn Swords Into Ploughshares

By Dan Zak | July 12, 2016

I Think I Will Get Hung, but I Don't Care As Long As I Get Breakfast

I Think I Will Get Hung, but I Don't Care As Long As I Get Breakfast

The Victorian Tale of a 13-Year-Old Boy Who Murdered His Mum

By Kate Summerscale | July 12, 2016

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When Marcel Proust Was an Anxious Debut Novelist

By William C. Carter | July 11, 2016

Cynthia Ozick on the Letters of Saul Bellow

By Cynthia Ozick | July 6, 2016

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of The New Yorker

By David Remnick | July 5, 2016

On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

When the Public Library Wasn't So Public

By Cynthia R. Greenlee | July 5, 2016

On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

Christopher Bram Finds Humor in the Greatest Literature

By Christopher Bram | July 5, 2016

There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

What We Owe the Aboriginal People of the Americas: A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid

By Bev Sellars | July 4, 2016

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

Looking Back at the Growth of an Important New Institution

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2016

The Unyielding Rituals of Little Britain

The Unyielding Rituals of Little Britain

Homer Sykes' Document of Rural English Tradition, 40 Years On

By Lit Hub Photography | June 29, 2016

Handwritten Letters from From Legendary American Artists

Handwritten Letters from From Legendary American Artists

Willem de Kooning, Joseph Cornell, Lee Krasner, Cy Twombly, ande More

By Mary Savig | June 23, 2016

America Was Never Class-Free

America Was Never Class-Free

On Foundational Myths and Deep-Rooted Inequality

By Nancy Isenberg | June 21, 2016

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