• History

    Keen On

    Thomas Frank: In Defense of Populism

    By Keen On  August 27, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    James Forman Jr. Talks Crime and Punishment in Black America

    By Just the Right Book   August 27, 2020
    Indigenous Lit

    Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry

    By Joy Harjo  August 26, 2020
    Adaptations

    Was The Graduate Inspired by a Brontë Family Scandal?

    By Finola Austin  August 26, 2020
    Suburbia

    A Suburban Mindset Has Taken Over Life in America

    By Jason Diamond  August 26, 2020
    Latin American History

    The History of Latin America is Not a Monolithic Story

    By Enrique Krauze  August 26, 2020
    Historical Fiction

    The Wife of “Italy’s George Washington” Was a Radical in Her Own Right

    By Diana Giovinazzo  August 26, 2020
    Keen On

    How the Present Moment is Like the Dying Days of the Soviet Union

    By Keen On  August 26, 2020
    On Racism

    Rev. William J. Barber II on the Scourge of Environmental Racism

    By Reverend William J. Barber II  August 25, 2020
    Conservatism

    How Ronald Reagan’s Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism

    By Daniel Lucks  August 25, 2020
    Organized Crime

    Why Are People So Drawn to the Legend of Chapo Guzmán?

    By Alan Feuer  August 25, 2020
    Keen On

    A Brief History of American Presidents Lying

    By Keen On  August 25, 2020
    Fiction/Non/Fiction Live

    WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge and Russell Banks on the Past and Present of Protest

    By The Virtual Book Channel  August 25, 2020
    On Race

    Down Through the Faulkner Bloodline, Pride and Racial Guilt Commingled

    By Michael Gorra  August 24, 2020
    Migrations

    In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

    By Matteo Nucci  August 24, 2020
    Israel

    Exploring the Gulf Between History and National Myth
    in Israel

    By Haim Bresheeth-Zabner  August 24, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Strange and Remarkable Life of Robert Eisler

    By New Books Network  August 24, 2020
    Keen On

    On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

    By Keen On  August 21, 2020
    Immigration stories

    A Polish Journalist Finds the Gatekeepers of Ellis Island

    By Malgorzata Szejnert and Sean Gasper Bye  August 20, 2020
    Keen On

    Robert Draper: Why We Should Still Care About the Iraq War

    By Keen On  August 20, 2020
    The West

    On the Early American Art
    of Getting Lost

    By Jon T. Coleman  August 20, 2020
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    You Try Being Harry Truman

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   August 20, 2020
    American History

    Can the Fragile American Union Survive This Election?

    By Richard Kreitner  August 19, 2020
    New Books Network

    Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not

    By New Books Network  August 19, 2020
    Keen On

    Richard Kreitner: The Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union

    By Keen On  August 19, 2020
    Page 113 of 158

    • Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member: Because Books Matter

    For the past decade, Literary Hub has brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for a donation, you’ll get an ad-free reading experience, exclusive editors’ picks, book giveaways, and our coveted Joan Didion Lit Hub tote bag. Most importantly, you’ll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving on the internet.

    Become a member for as low as $5/month

    Dismiss without supporting Lit Hub
    x