Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of <em>LOTR</em>?

Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of LOTR?

By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2026

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

Maia Chance on the Age-Old Phenomenon of Toxic Nostalgia For a Nonexistent Past

By Maia Chance | May 4, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

“I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.”

By Literary Hub | May 4, 2026

Who wants a $32,000 copy of <em> Runaway Bunny </em>?

Who wants a $32,000 copy of Runaway Bunny ?

Field notes from a visit to the Antiquarian Book Fair.

By Brittany Allen | May 1, 2026

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts <br>to Make a Home

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts
to Make a Home

Stefan Al Considers the Architectural Prowess of Our Prehistoric Ancestors

By Stefan Al | May 1, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Including Books by Siri Hustvedt, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, Todd Smith, and More

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

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  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
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What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

By Suzy Hansen | April 29, 2026

Was Emerson the True Father of American Literature?

By Bruce Nichols | April 28, 2026

Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

By Laura B. McGrath | April 28, 2026

The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

Justin Garson on the Influence of Psychoanalysis on Psychiatry’s Development

By Justin Garson | April 28, 2026

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Helen Benedict on Chronicling the Legacy of the Iraq War In Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Soldier’s House

By Jane Ciabattari | April 28, 2026

Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed

Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed

Emily Doucet on the Development of the Daguerreotype—and What It Meant For Art and Technology

By Emily Doucet | April 27, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Edna St. Vincent Millay Loses Her Manuscript in a Hotel Fire

This Week in Literary History: Edna St. Vincent Millay Loses Her Manuscript in a Hotel Fire

Did She Ever Truly Recover?

By Literary Hub | April 27, 2026

On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in America Today

On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in America Today

Omer Aziz Encounters the Spectacle of Fascism

By Omer Aziz | April 27, 2026

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

Erin L. McCoy on the Intersection of Misplaced Nostalgia and Environmental Violence That Inspired Her Novel

By Erin L. McCoy | April 24, 2026

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

Max Rudin’s Reflects on the History of the Press at the 2026 Whiting Awards Ceremony   

By Max Rudin | April 24, 2026

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