Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?

Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?

David Berry on the Long Tradition of Artists as Critics, From Xie He to Charles Baudelaire

By David Berry | December 22, 2025

Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them

Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them

An Essential Reading List from Gary Knight

By Gary Knight | December 19, 2025

Two stories about three brothers you should check out this holiday season.

Two stories about three brothers you should check out this holiday season.

By James Folta | December 18, 2025

On the Past and Present of Authoritarianism, War, and Literature in Europe

On the Past and Present of Authoritarianism, War, and Literature in Europe

A Conversation with Artem Chapeye, Peter Osnos, and Antonia Lloyd-Jones

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2025

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Terese Svoboda on What Happens When We Mix Personal Memories with Public Histories

By Terese Svoboda | December 18, 2025

How <em>Ulysses</em> Was Almost Banned By the State of New York

How Ulysses Was Almost Banned By the State of New York

Adam Morgan on Margaret C. Anderson and the Early Fight Against Literary Censorship in America

By Adam Morgan | December 17, 2025

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The Groundbreaking Political Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

The Groundbreaking Political Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

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Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

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Can We Really Claim That Civilization is on the Steady Path of Progress?

Can We Really Claim That Civilization is on the Steady Path of Progress?

Samuel Miller McDonald on Black Liberation, the Abolition of Slavery,
and the Myth of Progress

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Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

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Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

“I did my best to present Tony in a way that would make readers fall in love with him just as I had, and forgive his mistakes, just as I did.”

By Marion Winik | December 10, 2025

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

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