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What It Means to Come From Appalachian Coal Country

What It Means to Come From Appalachian Coal Country

Emilee Hackney Considers Family History Alongside the Rise and Fall of the Coal Industry

By Emilee Hackney | July 29, 2026

On the Populist Parallels Between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

On the Populist Parallels Between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

Inside the 2016 Election, From Bernie Sanders’s Chief Strategist

By Tad Devine | July 28, 2026

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Blue House in Coyoacán Was a Refuge for Leon Trotsky... Until It Wasn‘t

H. Keith Melton and Nigel West on Trotsky and Kahlo‘s Simmering Affair Amidst Political Turmoil

By H. Keith Melton and Nigel West | July 28, 2026

The Time Johnny Cash Almost Started a Prison Riot at San Quentin

The Time Johnny Cash Almost Started a Prison Riot at San Quentin

Colin Asher Looks Back on the Country Star's Iconic Performance at California's Most Infamous Jail

By Colin Asher | July 27, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is Published in <em>The Atlantic Monthly</em>

This Week in Literary History: Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is Published in The Atlantic Monthly

”It stag­gered me to think that perhaps I had always missed what made poetry poetry.”

By Literary Hub | July 27, 2026

Why Black Americans Need <br>Reparations Now

Why Black Americans Need
Reparations Now

“The true fight is for self-determination and restitution; anything less is unacceptable.”

By Edna Bonhomme | July 27, 2026

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On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 24, 2026

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

By Sander L. Gilman | July 24, 2026

Why Americans can’t seem to quit Little House on the Prairie.

By Brittany Allen | July 23, 2026

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

“Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 23, 2026

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

Jim Downs Considers the Important Work of Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Kevin Kruse, and More

By Jim Downs | July 23, 2026

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

Kōhei Saitō on the Myth of Free Market Solutions to Climate Change

By Kohei Saito | July 23, 2026

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

A Conversation With Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell

By Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell | July 23, 2026

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

Jesse Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance's Contributions to Modern Disability Rights

By Jesse Waggoner | July 22, 2026

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

Emily Eakin Explores New Developments in French Thought After World War II

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This Week in Literary History: </br>O. Henry is Released from Prison

This Week in Literary History:
O. Henry is Released from Prison

“If he had simply gone back to Austin when he was summoned to stand trial, he would have been acquitted.”

By Literary Hub | July 20, 2026

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