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Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

War Leaders, Druid Priests, Poets, Lovers, and Mothers of their People

By Philip Freeman | April 10, 2017

Hysteria, Witches, and The Wandering Uterus: A Brief History

Hysteria, Witches, and The Wandering Uterus: A Brief History

Or, Why I Teach "The Yellow Wallpaper"

By Terri Kapsalis | April 5, 2017

History of a Disappearance

History of a Disappearance

Filip Springer (trans. Sean Gasper Bye)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 5, 2017

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

On the Rewrites, Random Additions, and Many Changes to the Bard's Plays

By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney | March 20, 2017

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

On the anniversary of the publication of The Scarlet Letter

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2017

The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

On Methamphetamine Use in the Third Reich

By Norman Ohler | March 7, 2017

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A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

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"M.L. had chosen to do was unquestionably right."

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Classic Literary Obituaries, From Virginia Woolf to Marcel Proust

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"There is no evidence of foul play."

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A Long-Ago Christmas in the Most Remote Place on Earth

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John Edgar Wideman: Making Sense of American Darkness

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Finding Love at the End of History

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In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>

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