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A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series

A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series

The Year in Literature, 1908. Or, Variations on a Meme

By Emily Temple | November 3, 2016

For Better or Worse, How Mississippi Remembers Emmett Till

For Better or Worse, How Mississippi Remembers Emmett Till

W. Ralph Eubanks and Dave Tell on the Legacy of a Murder

By Literary Hub | November 2, 2016

The Rise of the Cities of the Dead

The Rise of the Cities of the Dead

From Churchyards to Cemeteries, Where the Dead Live

By Colin Dickey | October 31, 2016

The Riddle of the Vagina, and Other Victorian Attempts to Understand Women

The Riddle of the Vagina, and Other Victorian Attempts to Understand Women

On Magic Tubes, Fecund Potions, and Making Feet for Baby Stockings

By Therese Oneill | October 27, 2016

Three Tales of Baseball in Honor of the World Series

Three Tales of Baseball in Honor of the World Series

From Cait Murphy's History of American Sports in 100 Objects

By Literary Hub | October 25, 2016

When Babe Ruth Called His Shot Against the Chicago Cubs

When Babe Ruth Called His Shot Against the Chicago Cubs

“Only a damn fool would have done a thing like that.”

By Cait Murphy | October 25, 2016

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The Publishing Gamble That Changed America

By Barney Rosset | October 13, 2016

By Us, For Us: On New Orleans Bounce

By Us, For Us: On New Orleans Bounce

Where Did the Projects Go? They Found a Home in Song

By Garnette Cadogan | October 12, 2016

The Man Who Lived the Tragic Tale of My Book

The Man Who Lived the Tragic Tale of My Book

Surviving the Armenian Genocide, 100 Years Later, in Vermont

By Dawn MacKeen | October 12, 2016

The Man Who Invented Bookselling As We Know It

The Man Who Invented Bookselling As We Know It

On James Lackington's Temple of the Muses, "The Cheapest Bookstore in the World"

By John Pipkin | October 11, 2016

Picturing Frederick Douglass

Picturing Frederick Douglass

On the Portraits of the Most Photographed Man in the 19th Century

By James Sullivan | October 4, 2016

So Who <em>Was</em> Jack the Ripper?

So Who Was Jack the Ripper?

Otto Penzler on the Most Famous Serial Killer of Them All

By Otto Penzler | October 4, 2016

Finding a Forgotten Book On Surviving the Holocaust

Finding a Forgotten Book On Surviving the Holocaust

P.N. Singer on rescuing his grandfather's book from oblivion

By P.N. Singer | September 30, 2016

When Young Rilke Moved to the Big City and Met Rodin

When Young Rilke Moved to the Big City and Met Rodin

A 26-Year-Old Poet Alive to the Sights of Paris

By Rachel Corbett | September 23, 2016

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