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Darcey Steinke on the History (and Mystery) of Migraines

Darcey Steinke on the History (and Mystery) of Migraines

Exploring the Many Sides of an Ancient Yet Modern Illness

By Darcey Steinke | February 24, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Introducing a New Critical Series For the Curious Reader

By Alex Averbuch | February 24, 2026

Who Deserves to Be a Citizen?

Who Deserves to Be a Citizen?

Daisy Hernández on the Post-9/11 Obsession with Birthright Citizenship

By Daisy Hernández | February 24, 2026

James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost on How History Bestowed an Identity on Baldwin that He Never Claimed Himself

By C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost | February 24, 2026

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

Eunsong Kim Considers the Relationship Between Art and Capitalism

By Eunsong Kim | February 23, 2026

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All of America’s Colonial Evils at Once: The Early 19th-Century Subjugation of Florida

By Jamie Holmes | February 23, 2026

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.

By Literary Hub | February 23, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Lessons From Palestine on Surviving Occupation

By Sana Wazwaz | February 20, 2026

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

Kate Brown Explores the Intersections of Class and Land Use in 19th-Century Britain

By Kate Brown | February 19, 2026

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

Roland Ennos on the Anthropological Explanations Behind Homo Sapiens Rise to the Top of the Animal Kingdom

By Roland Ennos | February 18, 2026

The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette

The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette

Eileen G’Sell on “Femvertising” and Fashion as Feminism

By Eileen G'Sell | February 18, 2026

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

By Brittany Allen | February 17, 2026

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Sergio Luzzatto on the French Origins of the Revolutionary Far-Right

By Sergio Luzzatto | February 17, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City

This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City

“Whatever hand pulled the trigger did not buy the bullet.”

By Literary Hub | February 16, 2026

The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

Meet the team fighting to save our scientific knowledge.

By Brittany Allen | February 13, 2026

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