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“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

H.W. Brands on the Early Career of Our First President

By H.W. Brands | May 20, 2026

On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

Steven W. Thrasher Examines the Alluring Idea of the “Good Black Cop”

By Steven W. Thrasher | May 19, 2026

On Authenticity, Acquisition, and the Secret Lives of Objects

On Authenticity, Acquisition, and the Secret Lives of Objects

Nicole Cherubini and Natalie Lemle Discuss the Stories That Ancient Artifacts Can Carry

By Nicole Cherubini | May 19, 2026

This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

Is a "Meet Ugly" a Thing?

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2026

What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

Rana Dasgupta Considers Old and New Possibilities For the Organization of Geopolitical Power

By Rana Dasgupta | May 18, 2026

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

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

By Alan Mikhail | May 14, 2026

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

By Michael Auslin | May 13, 2026

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

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

How Middle Management Made the Modern World

How Middle Management Made the Modern World

Henry Snow on the Early Days of Worker Management as We Know It Today

By Henry Snow | May 12, 2026

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

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

Lerone Martin on Segregation Aboard the Southern Railway

By Lerone Martin | May 11, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> is Published.

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

The Origin of a Masterpiece

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

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