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Jay to Bee: Janet Frame's Letters to William Theophilus Brown

Jay to Bee: Janet Frame's Letters to William Theophilus Brown

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 10, 2016

The Time Shakespeare Caused a Riot in New York City

The Time Shakespeare Caused a Riot in New York City

On the Anniversary of the Astor Place "Macbeth" Clashes

By Andrew Dickson | May 10, 2016

The Life and Times of a True American Moral Hysteric

The Life and Times of a True American Moral Hysteric

In which Anthony Comstock, Chronic Masturbator,
Tries to Censor All the Mail in America

By Devin Leonard | May 2, 2016

The Other White Flight: When College Kids Went Back to the Land

The Other White Flight: When College Kids Went Back to the Land

Kate Daloz on the Origins of an Accidental Movement

By Kate Daloz | April 27, 2016

George Plimpton, the Original Master of None

George Plimpton, the Original Master of None

From the Ice Rink to the Boxing Ring to the Ballpark, a Writer Who Tried it All

By Literary Hub | April 26, 2016

Shakespeare is Dead: Six Hot Takes

Shakespeare is Dead: Six Hot Takes

Is it Cool to Remix The Plays? Was Hamlet a Sexless Bro? You'll Never Guess What Happens Next...

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2016

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Shakespeare and His Stuff

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2016

Remembering the Poets Who Fought For Irish Independence

By Jared Spears | April 22, 2016

On the Literature of Cyborgs, Robots, and Other Automata

By Michael Peck | April 21, 2016

How I Write History: Or, A Window Into My Crazy

How I Write History: Or, A Window Into My Crazy

Neal Bascomb on Quilt-Making, Research, and Structuring Historical Narrative

By Neal Bascomb | April 19, 2016

In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

Laura Elizabeth Woollett on Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

By Laura Elizabeth Woollett | April 15, 2016

Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

“It soon became apparent they were worth more as residences than as manufacturing spaces.”

By Adam Gopnik | April 14, 2016

Why Wasn't Great American Novelist Jane Smiley on the Cover of a Magazine?

Why Wasn't Great American Novelist Jane Smiley on the Cover of a Magazine?

Rumaan Alam on How We Still Judge Women Writers By a Different Standard

By Rumaan Alam | April 11, 2016

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

Representation and Gender (Im)Balance in 1916

By Rachel McCarthy James | March 31, 2016

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

On Writing Across Time and Race

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 30, 2016

How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

Shirley Barrett Goes Deep into the Domestic Research

By Shirley Barrett | March 23, 2016

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