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This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

Perks of Being a Reader

By Literary Hub | March 23, 2026

For Women’s History Month, A Reproductive Rights Reading List

For Women’s History Month, A Reproductive Rights Reading List

Clara Bingham Recommends Irin Carmon, Muriel Fox, Stephanie Gorton and More

By Clara Bingham | March 20, 2026

How the First-Ever Plantation Almost Fell to Full-Scale Revolt

How the First-Ever Plantation Almost Fell to Full-Scale Revolt

Daniel Rood on The False King of São Tomé

By Daniel Rood | March 19, 2026

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

Svetlana Satchkova on the Logic of Authoritarianism

By Svetlana Satchkova | March 18, 2026

Meet Hildegard of Bingen, the German Mystic Who Destigmatized Women’s Health

Meet Hildegard of Bingen, the German Mystic Who Destigmatized Women’s Health

Elinor Cleghorn on Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood in Medieval Europe

By Elinor Cleghorn | March 18, 2026

Fantagraphics may have lost two full print runs in an Iranian missile attack.

Fantagraphics may have lost two full print runs in an Iranian missile attack.

By James Folta | March 17, 2026

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Books of the Week

The “outstandingly original scholar” Lyndal Roper has won the 2026 Holberg Prize.

By Literary Hub | March 17, 2026

Seven books that expand the conversation around ambivalent parenthood.

By Brittany Allen | March 16, 2026

Understanding the Complex History of Anti-Asian Racism

By Scott Kurashige | March 16, 2026

Here’s what’s making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | March 13, 2026

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Paul C. Rosier on Racial Conflict in the Early Republic

By Paul C. Rosier | March 13, 2026

On the Origins of Genuine Intersectionality in Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s <em>How We Get Free</em>

On the Origins of Genuine Intersectionality in Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s How We Get Free

Alexis Clements Considers the 2017 History of the Combahee River Collective

By Alexis Clements | March 12, 2026

Sara Yasin’s new digital magazine, The Key, will center Palestine.

By James Folta | March 11, 2026

Matters of the Spirit: A Pastor, a Noblewoman and a Mysterious Bout of Melancholy

Matters of the Spirit: A Pastor, a Noblewoman and a Mysterious Bout of Melancholy

Christopher Clark on the Intersection of Mental Health and Christian Faith in 19th-Century Prussia

By Christopher Clark | March 10, 2026

Are Economists, in Fact, the Unacknowledged Poets of the World

Are Economists, in Fact, the Unacknowledged Poets of the World

Ed Simon on the Inescapable Language of Money

By Ed Simon | March 9, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | March 6, 2026

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