• Biography

    Keen On

    Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

    By Keen On  July 18, 2023
    Literary History

    The Complicated Afterlives of
    Roberto Bolaño

    By Aaron Shulman  July 17, 2023
    Read Smart

    James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

    By Read Smart  July 13, 2023
    Film History

    How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

    By William J. Mann  July 12, 2023
    Keen On

    Benyamin Cohen on the Cultural Ubiquity of Albert Einstein, the World’s Favorite Genius

    By Keen On  July 12, 2023
    News and Culture

    Rory Green on Her Mother, International Bestselling Novelist Jackie Collins

    By Rory Green  July 11, 2023
    Archives

    How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

    By Ebs Burnough  July 10, 2023
    The Lives of Women

    Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

    By Marsha Gordon  July 5, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Jesse Kavadlo Puts Don DeLillo into Context

    By History of Literature  July 5, 2023
    New in Nonfiction

    10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

    By Jonny Diamond  June 30, 2023
    Roman History

    The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

    By Honor Cargill-Martin  June 29, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Ada Calhoun on Writing About Greatness and Failure

    By Just the Right Book   June 29, 2023
    English History

    How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

    By Tracy Borman  June 28, 2023
    Work

    Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

    By John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle  June 26, 2023
    Keen On

    Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

    By Keen On  June 26, 2023
    News and Culture

    More Than A Children’s Story: The Velveteen Rabbit At 100

    By Lisa Rowe Fraustino  June 23, 2023
    Women's History

    How Audrey Clare Farley Rewrote the Story of the Genain Quadruplets

    By Audrey Clare Farley  June 22, 2023
    Read Smart

    “Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

    By Read Smart  June 20, 2023
    The History of Literature

    “A Race Problem.” Jolene Hubbs on Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature

    By History of Literature  June 20, 2023
    Bloomsday

    Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 16, 2023
    Keen On

    Santi Elijah Holley on the Shakurs: From the Black Panthers to Tupac

    By Keen On  June 14, 2023
    Literary History

    Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

    By Michael Mewshaw  June 9, 2023
    What to Watch

    Parting Glances: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

    By Paul Morton  June 8, 2023
    Lit Hub Radio

    Chad Williams on W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World World

    By Keen On  June 7, 2023
    Read Smart

    Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

    By Read Smart  June 6, 2023
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