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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

When Marcel Proust Was an Anxious Debut Novelist

When Marcel Proust Was an Anxious Debut Novelist

On the Launch of In Search of Lost Time

By William C. Carter | July 11, 2016

Cynthia Ozick on the Letters of Saul Bellow

Cynthia Ozick on the Letters of Saul Bellow

The Genius of America's Eternal Novelist Flows Fast and Deep Through His Correspondence

By Cynthia Ozick | July 6, 2016

The Genius of William Shawn, and the Invention of <em>The New Yorker</em>

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

David Remnick on the Post-War Evolution of an American Literary Institution

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

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There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

By Bev Sellars | July 4, 2016

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2016

The Unyielding Rituals of Little Britain

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

On the Anniversary of Ethel Rosenberg's Execution

On the Anniversary of Ethel Rosenberg's Execution

Remembering a mother and her sons

By Jillian Cantor | June 20, 2016

In Charleston, One Year Later

In Charleston, One Year Later

Shani Gilchrist Walks the Streets of Her Complicated City

By Shani Gilchrist | June 17, 2016

James Joyce: Genius, Jerk

James Joyce: Genius, Jerk

Tim Parks on the Man Behind the Books

By Tim Parks | June 16, 2016

Seven Ways to Hand-sell a Lost Modern Masterpiece

Seven Ways to Hand-sell a Lost Modern Masterpiece

Why Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai is a Bookseller's Book

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2016

When America Was On the Brink of a Second Revolution

When America Was On the Brink of a Second Revolution

An Oral History of Campus Revolt in the 1970s

By Clara Bingham | June 2, 2016

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