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Behind the Madness of the Salem Witch Hunt

Behind the Madness of the Salem Witch Hunt

Stacy Schiff on the Darkest of American Stories

By Stacy Schiff | October 30, 2015

A Literary History of Witches

A Literary History of Witches

Scaring Men From Time Immemorial

By Jess Bergman | October 30, 2015

History's People

History's People

Margaret MacMillan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 21, 2015

A Literary History of Whales

A Literary History of Whales

The benevolent behemoths through Human history

By Blair Beusman | October 16, 2015

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

On the wives of whalers and their dildos, aka "he's-at-homes"

By Ben Shattuck | October 16, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

Happy Pub Birthday, Moby-Dick, You are the Best

By Joel Cuthbertson | October 16, 2015

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Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library

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Jeanette Winterson Rewrites Shakespeare

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The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

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