Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

By James Folta | December 11, 2025

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

“I did my best to present Tony in a way that would make readers fall in love with him just as I had, and forgive his mistakes, just as I did.”

By Marion Winik | December 10, 2025

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | December 9, 2025

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

Catharina Coenen on the Impact of Germany's Turbulent 20th Century on Her Grandmother’s Life

By Catharina Coenen | December 8, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

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How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

By Edward J. Larson | December 5, 2025

The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

By Janet Rich Edwards | December 3, 2025

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family

By Tareq Baconi | December 3, 2025

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Sven Beckert on the Rise of Capitalism As Both an Economic System and a Way of Life

By Sven Beckert | December 1, 2025

The Enduring Comedy Legacy of Sid Caesar

The Enduring Comedy Legacy of Sid Caesar

David Margolick on Keeping Caesar‘s Memory Alive and the Comedians He Inspired

By David Margolick | December 1, 2025

How Crossword Puzzles Underwrote Three of America’s Major Publishers

How Crossword Puzzles Underwrote Three of America’s Major Publishers

Natan Last on the Unlikely Origins of Simon & Schuster, Random House and Farrar, Straus and Giroux

By Natan Last | November 25, 2025

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

Kate Eichhorn Explores the Systematic Erasure of Political Speech in Yearbooks

By Kate Eichhorn | November 25, 2025

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

Anna Whitelock on the Creation of the Ulster Plantation and Great Britain’s Early History of Colonialism

By Anna Whitelock | November 25, 2025

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

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