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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

The Case for White Curiosity

The Case for White Curiosity

Interrogating the Devastating Legacy of White Supremacy in America

By Patrick Phillips | September 22, 2016

The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America

The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America

On the Ongoing Fight Against the Censorship of Ideas

By Amy Brady | September 22, 2016

Fascist, Communist, Writer, Duchess... The Legend of the Mitford Sisters

Fascist, Communist, Writer, Duchess... The Legend of the Mitford Sisters

How a One-of-a-Kind Family Captured a Nation's Imagination

By Laura Thompson | September 21, 2016

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

A New History on One of the World's Great Bookshops

By Lit Hub Photography | September 20, 2016

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Peter Ho Davies on the challenges (and opportunities) of mining the past

By Peter Ho Davies | September 7, 2016

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The Forgotten History of Florence's Mixed-Race Medici

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Visiting the World's Foremost (and Only) Bookstore Devoted to Churchill

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On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

Where “Small-Town” Girls Tried to Make it in Manhattan

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Record Burnings, Cherry Bombs, and KKK Pickets

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My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

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How Does a Skeleton Become Famous?

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The Secret Love of Edith Wharton's Life

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