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The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

The Tortoise in the Tree: A Yoruba Folktale

Báyò Akómoláfé Explores the Intersection of Philosophy and Fable

By Báyò Akómoláfé | February 25, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

Darcey Steinke on the History (and Mystery) of Migraines

Darcey Steinke on the History (and Mystery) of Migraines

Exploring the Many Sides of an Ancient Yet Modern Illness

By Darcey Steinke | February 24, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Introducing a New Critical Series For the Curious Reader

By Alex Averbuch | February 24, 2026

Who Deserves to Be a Citizen?

Who Deserves to Be a Citizen?

Daisy Hernández on the Post-9/11 Obsession with Birthright Citizenship

By Daisy Hernández | February 24, 2026

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James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

By C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost | February 24, 2026

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

By Eunsong Kim | February 23, 2026

All of America’s Colonial Evils at Once: The Early 19th-Century Subjugation of Florida

By Jamie Holmes | February 23, 2026

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.

“Previously, manuscripts had to be printed and copied laboriously, by hand, making them rare objects for the wealthy and important.”

By Literary Hub | February 23, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Lessons From Palestine on Surviving Occupation

Letter From Minnesota: Lessons From Palestine on Surviving Occupation

Sana Wazwaz on the Long American Tradition of Occupation

By Sana Wazwaz | February 20, 2026

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

The So-Called Tragedy of the English Commons Was Anything But

Kate Brown Explores the Intersections of Class and Land Use in 19th-Century Britain

By Kate Brown | February 19, 2026

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

Roland Ennos on the Anthropological Explanations Behind Homo Sapiens Rise to the Top of the Animal Kingdom

By Roland Ennos | February 18, 2026

The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette

The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette

Eileen G’Sell on “Femvertising” and Fashion as Feminism

By Eileen G'Sell | February 18, 2026

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

By Brittany Allen | February 17, 2026

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Meet the Father of Modern European Fascism: The Marquis de Morès

Sergio Luzzatto on the French Origins of the Revolutionary Far-Right

By Sergio Luzzatto | February 17, 2026

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