Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Julia Alvarez Commemorates the Victims of the 1937 Haitian-Dominican Republic Massacre

By Julia Alvarez | October 4, 2019

From the Unabomber to the Incels: Angry Young Men on Campus

From the Unabomber to the Incels: Angry Young Men on Campus

Eileen Pollack Considers Their Rage—and Our Responsibility

By Eileen Pollack | October 4, 2019

To the Manor Born: On the Rise of Fred C. Trump, Homebuilder

To the Manor Born: On the Rise of Fred C. Trump, Homebuilder

Son of Immigrants, Mogul of Queens

By Thomas J. Campanella | October 3, 2019

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938

By Stephen Harrigan | October 2, 2019

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

On Our Obsession with Probability

By Ian Stewart | October 2, 2019

12 Books You Should Read<br> This October

12 Books You Should Read
This October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 2, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls
  • The Responsible Party
  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

By Christopher Ryan | October 1, 2019

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

By Cornel West | October 1, 2019

How the Nazis Rose to Power as an Extremist Coalition of the Discontented

By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson | September 30, 2019

How Tiny Hungary Made Soccer Into the Game We Know and Love

How Tiny Hungary Made Soccer Into the Game We Know and Love

Jonathan Wilson on the Transformative Play of a Handful of Stars

By Jonathan Wilson | September 27, 2019

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

Marcia Lynx Qualey on the Rise of a Complex, Capacious Literary Genre

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | September 27, 2019

How a Saint Gets Made

How a Saint Gets Made

Sonja Livingston on the Complicated History of Canonization

By Sonja Livingston | September 26, 2019

How the Word 'Ghetto' Traveled from Europe to America

How the Word 'Ghetto' Traveled from Europe to America

Daniel B. Schwartz Explores the Westward Exodus of European Jews

By Daniel B. Schwartz | September 26, 2019

Friedrich Hayek: Not Exactly the Libertarian Darling He's Claimed As

Friedrich Hayek: Not Exactly the Libertarian Darling He's Claimed As

Meet the Economist Ayn Rand Described as
"Our Most Pernicious Enemy."

By James Bernard Murphy | September 25, 2019

The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Life and Times of Gertrude Legendre, No Ordinary Socialite

By Peter Finn | September 24, 2019

Writing About the Forgotten Black Women of the Italo-Ethiopian War

Writing About the Forgotten Black Women of the Italo-Ethiopian War

Maaza Mengiste on Gender, Warfare, and Women's Bodies

By Maaza Mengiste | September 24, 2019

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