The Witches of Suburbia

The Witches of Suburbia

Good Witches Get Domesticated; Wicked Witches Are Made an Example

By Willem De Blécourt | April 14, 2017

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

Whose clothes were those, Poe?

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2017

Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

War Leaders, Druid Priests, Poets, Lovers, and Mothers of their People

By Philip Freeman | April 10, 2017

Hysteria, Witches, and The Wandering Uterus: A Brief History

Hysteria, Witches, and The Wandering Uterus: A Brief History

Or, Why I Teach "The Yellow Wallpaper"

By Terri Kapsalis | April 5, 2017

History of a Disappearance

History of a Disappearance

Filip Springer (trans. Sean Gasper Bye)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 5, 2017

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

On the Rewrites, Random Additions, and Many Changes to the Bard's Plays

By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney | March 20, 2017

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Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. on His Son's Legacy

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"M.L. had chosen to do was unquestionably right."

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Classic Literary Obituaries, From Virginia Woolf to Marcel Proust

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"There is no evidence of foul play."

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A Long-Ago Christmas in the Most Remote Place on Earth

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How a Group of 20th Century Arctic Explorers Celebrated the Holidays

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On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

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The Good, the Fake, and the Ugly

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John Edgar Wideman: Making Sense of American Darkness

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