History

The Hub

Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of Frankenstein just set a world auction record.

 
By Walker Caplan  September 17, 2021
American History

Lessons Not Yet Learned: How Post-Civil War Reconstruction Never Ended

By Eric Foner  September 17, 2021
Imperialism

How a Valencian Knight—Along with Chaucer—Influenced the Culture of Conquistadores

By Fernando Cervantes  September 17, 2021
Chinese History

How Ancient Chinese Philosophical Frameworks Dictated the Politics of Water

By Giulio Boccaletti  September 17, 2021
Keen On

William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

By Keen On  September 17, 2021
Keen On

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

By Keen On  September 17, 2021
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Open Source

Tragic Architecture: A History of the World Trade Center and the Unluckiest Architect You’ve Never Heard Of

By Open Source  September 17, 2021
New Books Network

Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

By New Books Network  September 17, 2021
The Hub

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

By Walker Caplan  September 16, 2021
Literary History

“The Voltaire of Central Park West.” On Herman Mankiewicz’s Early Days at the Algonquin Round Table

Nick Davis Traces the Pre-Hollywood Ambitions of the Iconic Screenwriter

By Nick Davis  September 17, 2021
Baking

Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

By Eric Pallant  September 16, 2021
Plagues

Brilliance and Blind Luck: How Did Medieval Europe Invent the Concept of Quarantine?

By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler  September 16, 2021
The Hub

Read the short story that introduced Jeeves the butler to the world.

By Walker Caplan  September 15, 2021
The Hub

The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember is a new kind of library.

By Walker Caplan  September 15, 2021
Storytelling

On the Subversive Power of Gossip

By Maria Tatar  September 15, 2021
Reading Women

When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

By Reading Women  September 15, 2021
The Hub

Remember the Dante’s Inferno video game (and its deranged gonzo marketing)?

By Walker Caplan  September 14, 2021
Fairy Tales

Is the Original Pinocchio Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna on the Italian Author Behind the Beloved (Pre-Disney) Children’s Tale

By John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna  September 14, 2021
Xenophobia

How Richard Wright Grappled with Behaviorism, Racism, and Trauma in Native Son

By George Makari  September 14, 2021
Feminism

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

By Luisa Capetillo  September 14, 2021
The Hub

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

By Walker Caplan  September 13, 2021
Classics

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

By Alan Jacobs  September 13, 2021
Emergence Magazine

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

By Emergence Magazine  September 13, 2021
Family History

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan… and Being a Mankiewicz

By Nick Davis  September 13, 2021
Literary History

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000…
But Was it Stolen?

By Jen DeGregorio  September 16, 2021
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