The Helpful—and Harmful—Consequences of Aesop’s Animal Depictions

The Helpful—and Harmful—Consequences of Aesop’s Animal Depictions

Jo Wimpenny on Easy Stereotypes With Lasting Effects

By Jo Wimpenny | November 3, 2021

How a Group of Women Defied Expectations to Form a National Football League

How a Group of Women Defied Expectations to Form a National Football League

Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo on a History of Groundbreakers

By Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo | November 3, 2021

Marriage Story: On the Volatile Relationship Between Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway

Marriage Story: On the Volatile Relationship Between Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway

Judith Mackrell Considers the Pair's "Crazy Honeymoon" and Gellhorn On-Assignment in China

By Judith Mackrell | November 3, 2021

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This November

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This November

Bookstores From Around the Country Pick Their Favorites

By Literary Hub | November 3, 2021

The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

Debby Applegate on the Exploits of the New Yorker Crowd in Prohibition-Era New York

By Debby Applegate | November 2, 2021

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

From Ski Bums to Jazz Age Madams to Postwar Bohemians

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2021

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Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

Teenage Activist Dara McAnulty on the Necessity of Joy

By Emergence Magazine | November 1, 2021

How Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams Helped Launch the Progressive Party

By Neil Lanctot | November 1, 2021

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

How Researching the Forbidden Shaped The Themes of My Novel

By Aimee Parkison | October 29, 2021

Prince Charles has weighed in on the Brontë manuscripts controversy.

Prince Charles has weighed in on the Brontë manuscripts controversy.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

Read Sylvia Plath’s first published poem, which she wrote at age 8.

Read Sylvia Plath’s first published poem, which she wrote at age 8.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

Jesse Eisenberg, Jumaane Williams, and more will perform <em>Oedipus Trilogy</em> online.

Jesse Eisenberg, Jumaane Williams, and more will perform Oedipus Trilogy online.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

How the Potter Josiah Wedgwood Created an Iconic Abolitionist Medallion

How the Potter Josiah Wedgwood Created an Iconic Abolitionist Medallion

Tristram Hunt on the Union of Moral Passion and Commercial Acumen

By Tristram Hunt | October 28, 2021

John Concagh on the Role of African, Caribbean, and Black British Forces in WWII

John Concagh on the Role of African, Caribbean, and Black British Forces in WWII

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | October 28, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

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