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How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

Jesse Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance's Contributions to Modern Disability Rights

By Jesse Waggoner | July 22, 2026

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

Emily Eakin Explores New Developments in French Thought After World War II

By Emily Eakin | July 21, 2026

This Week in Literary History: </br>O. Henry is Released from Prison

This Week in Literary History:
O. Henry is Released from Prison

“If he had simply gone back to Austin when he was summoned to stand trial, he would have been acquitted.”

By Literary Hub | July 20, 2026

How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population

How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population

Oliver Basciano on the Intersections of Illness and Colonialism in the Pacific

By Oliver Basciano | July 20, 2026

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

Dinaw Mengestu, Past President of PEN America, on the Organization’s “Muddled Twists of Logic”

By Dinaw Mengestu | July 17, 2026

Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings?

Catherine Ostler on the True Stories Behind the Art

By Catherine Ostler | July 17, 2026

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A Chorus of Poets: On the Possible Existence of Multiple Homers

By Henry Power | July 17, 2026

This Week in Literary History: The Catcher in the Rye is Published

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2026

How Israel Turned Gaza Into an “Annihilation Zone”

By Eyal Weizman | July 16, 2026

The Odysseys, ranked.

The Odysseys, ranked.

A completely scientific list of the best and worst takes on Homer's epic.

By Brittany Allen | July 14, 2026

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s <em>Beirut Fragments</em>

More Than a War Diary: Angela Flournoy on Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments

“She does not purport to be braver than she felt at any given time. Instead she is honest about her fear.”

By Angela Flournoy | July 14, 2026

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

Elizabeth H. Winthrop: “The distance between us could not be bridged—only recognized.”

By Elizabeth H. Winthrop | July 14, 2026

Elves Against Capitalism: How the Earth Liberation Front Came to America

Elves Against Capitalism: How the Earth Liberation Front Came to America

Matthew Wolfe Profiles Two Oregon Activists Radicalized By Environmental Destruction

By Matthew Wolfe | July 10, 2026

From Stalin to Trump, How Power Unmakes the World

From Stalin to Trump, How Power Unmakes the World

Megan Marshall on What It Means to Live Under a Government Without Principle

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2026

Battle of the Aussie Snake Men: Charles Underwood vs. Joseph Shires

Battle of the Aussie Snake Men: Charles Underwood vs. Joseph Shires

Zach St. George Explores Medical Scams and Quackery in 19th-Century Australia

By Zach St. George | July 10, 2026

Restoring the Voice of Kathy Leissner Whitman, the Texas Tower Sniper’s First Victim

Restoring the Voice of Kathy Leissner Whitman, the Texas Tower Sniper’s First Victim

Jo Scott-Coe on Hierarchies of Victimization and the Stories That Go Missing in the Wake of Tragedy

By Jo Scott-Coe | July 10, 2026

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