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On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

When the Public Library Wasn't So Public

By Cynthia R. Greenlee | July 5, 2016

On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

On the Comedy of History, and the Importance of a Good Joke

Christopher Bram Finds Humor in the Greatest Literature

By Christopher Bram | July 5, 2016

There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

There Would Be No Fourth of July Without the Iroquois Nation

What We Owe the Aboriginal People of the Americas: A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid

By Bev Sellars | July 4, 2016

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

On the Fifth Anniversary of the Africa Writes Festival

Looking Back at the Growth of an Important New Institution

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2016

The Unyielding Rituals of Little Britain

The Unyielding Rituals of Little Britain

Homer Sykes' Document of Rural English Tradition, 40 Years On

By Lit Hub Photography | June 29, 2016

Handwritten Letters from From Legendary American Artists

Handwritten Letters from From Legendary American Artists

Willem de Kooning, Joseph Cornell, Lee Krasner, Cy Twombly, ande More

By Mary Savig | June 23, 2016

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America Was Never Class-Free

By Nancy Isenberg | June 21, 2016

On the Anniversary of Ethel Rosenberg's Execution

By Jillian Cantor | June 20, 2016

In Charleston, One Year Later

By Shani Gilchrist | June 17, 2016

James Joyce: Genius, Jerk

James Joyce: Genius, Jerk

Tim Parks on the Man Behind the Books

By Tim Parks | June 16, 2016

Seven Ways to Hand-sell a Lost Modern Masterpiece

Seven Ways to Hand-sell a Lost Modern Masterpiece

Why Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai is a Bookseller's Book

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2016

When America Was On the Brink of a Second Revolution

When America Was On the Brink of a Second Revolution

An Oral History of Campus Revolt in the 1970s

By Clara Bingham | June 2, 2016

Recovered Memory: On Finding 200 Rolls of Lost Film

Recovered Memory: On Finding 200 Rolls of Lost Film

Photographer Ron Haviv Revisits Images of the Past, From War to Weddings

By Ron Haviv | May 30, 2016

Breaking Rockefeller

Breaking Rockefeller

Peter B. Doran

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 24, 2016

On the Art and Writing of the 1980s (And Against the 90s)

On the Art and Writing of the 1980s (And Against the 90s)

Dale Peck Considers a Decade and Its Fractured Antirealisms

By Dale Peck | May 23, 2016

The Library the Gold Rush Built

The Library the Gold Rush Built

The 161 year old history of The Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco

By Daniela Blei | May 23, 2016

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