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Who to Blame For the Rise of the Yuppie? Investment Banks, Obviously

Who to Blame For the Rise of the Yuppie? Investment Banks, Obviously

Dylan Gottlieb on How Financialization Remade Corporate America and Wall Street

By Dylan Gottlieb | May 15, 2026

The Turk and The Whore, America’s First Reality TV Couple (c. 1630)

The Turk and The Whore, America’s First Reality TV Couple (c. 1630)

Alan Mikhail on the Early Origins of the American Family Who Settled in What We Now Know as New York

By Alan Mikhail | May 14, 2026

When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence

When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence

Michael Auslin on the Final Battle to Control the Declaration of Independence

By Michael Auslin | May 13, 2026

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Jim Rasenberger Considers the Early Congressional Alliance of the Revolutionary War

By Jim Rasenberger | May 13, 2026

On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

Geoffrey D. Morrison on Learning and Teaching Languages As a Fiction Writer

By Geoffrey D. Morrison | May 12, 2026

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

Deborah Lutz Considers the Impact of a Brother’s Absence

By Deborah Lutz | May 12, 2026

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How Middle Management Made the Modern World

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When a 15-Year-Old Martin Luther King Jr. Confronted Jim Crow on a Train

By Lerone Martin | May 11, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is Published.

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

Louise Brangan on the Girls Who Disappeared in 20th-Century Ireland

By Louise Brangan | May 8, 2026

“Yah, boo, sucks.” On the time Angela Carter absolutely flamed Joan Didion in an interview.

“Yah, boo, sucks.” On the time Angela Carter absolutely flamed Joan Didion in an interview.

The Lit Hub girls are fighting!

By Emily Temple | May 7, 2026

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Irene Zabytko Recounts the Process of Creating Her Own Version on The Canterbury Tales

By Irene Zabytko | May 7, 2026

Happiness is Within Reach! And Other Fragments of Ancient Greek Wisdom

Happiness is Within Reach! And Other Fragments of Ancient Greek Wisdom

James Romm Translates Classical Greek Poetry

By James Romm | May 6, 2026

“No One Talked.” On Growing Up Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

“No One Talked.” On Growing Up Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

Juliet Faithfull Remembers a Childhood Without the Right to Speak Freely

By Juliet Faithfull | May 6, 2026

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

Rachel F. Seidman on the Importance of Material Culture in Constructing Oral Histories

By Rachel F. Seidman | May 6, 2026

Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of <em>LOTR</em>?

Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of LOTR?

By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2026

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