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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

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

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

Rethinking an Early-American Captivity Narrative

By Katie Prout | March 1, 2017

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A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. on His Son's Legacy

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Classic Literary Obituaries, From Virginia Woolf to Marcel Proust

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"There is no evidence of foul play."

By Emily Temple | January 13, 2017

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

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How a Group of 20th Century Arctic Explorers Celebrated the Holidays

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On Fidel Castro's Friendships With Literary Giants

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Searching for Truth, Justice, and the Louis Till File

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Finding Love at the End of History

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On the Chance Meeting of Two Children of Holocaust Survivors

By Leah Kaminsky | November 17, 2016

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

In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

Following in the Footsteps of the Legendary 'Lone Woman' of San Nicolas

By Veronica Hackethal | November 16, 2016

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

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