Literary Hub » History

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

On the Rewrites, Random Additions, and Many Changes to the Bard's Plays

By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney | March 20, 2017

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

On the anniversary of the publication of The Scarlet Letter

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2017

The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

On Methamphetamine Use in the Third Reich

By Norman Ohler | March 7, 2017

A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

Rethinking an Early-American Captivity Narrative

By Katie Prout | March 1, 2017

A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

On Hobey Baker, and the Beginning of the American Century

By Beatriz Williams | January 26, 2017

Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

On the 155th anniversary of Wharton's birth, a tribute to her very favorite thing

By Emily Temple | January 24, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. on His Son's Legacy

By The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. | January 16, 2017

Classic Literary Obituaries, From Virginia Woolf to Marcel Proust

By Emily Temple | January 13, 2017

A Long-Ago Christmas in the Most Remote Place on Earth

By David Welky | December 20, 2016

On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

The Good, the Fake, and the Ugly

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2016

John Edgar Wideman: Making Sense of American Darkness

John Edgar Wideman: Making Sense of American Darkness

Searching for Truth, Justice, and the Louis Till File

By John Edgar Wideman | November 22, 2016

Finding Love at the End of History

Finding Love at the End of History

On the Chance Meeting of Two Children of Holocaust Survivors

By Leah Kaminsky | November 17, 2016

In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>

In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

Following in the Footsteps of the Legendary 'Lone Woman' of San Nicolas

By Veronica Hackethal | November 16, 2016

A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series

A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series

The Year in Literature, 1908. Or, Variations on a Meme

By Emily Temple | November 3, 2016

For Better or Worse, How Mississippi Remembers Emmett Till

For Better or Worse, How Mississippi Remembers Emmett Till

W. Ralph Eubanks and Dave Tell on the Legacy of a Murder

By Literary Hub | November 2, 2016

The Rise of the Cities of the Dead

The Rise of the Cities of the Dead

From Churchyards to Cemeteries, Where the Dead Live

By Colin Dickey | October 31, 2016

« First ‹ Previous 283 284 285 286287288 289 290 291 Next ›Last »

Page 287 of 299