• Humor

    The Hub

    Vampires, pranks and podcasts: here are some ideas to reboot 2025’s public domain books.

     
    By James Folta  January 16, 2025
    The Hub

    Which of Tom Hanks’ beloved typewriters are you?

    By Brittany Allen  January 15, 2025
    Free Speech

    Peeling The Onion: Did the Infowars Decision Just Kill Satire? 

    By Aron Solomon  December 12, 2024
    The Hub

    UCLA’s new AI-designed literature course has the worst-looking textbook cover I’ve ever seen.

    By James Folta  December 10, 2024
    Underreported

    An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

    By Brittany Allen  December 10, 2024
    The Hub

    The shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title includes “leather-daddy bounty hunters.”

    By James Folta  November 18, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Hub

    The Onion has bought InfoWars. (And no, this isn’t a joke.)

    By Brittany Allen  November 14, 2024
    The Hub

    Six newsletters to get you through this week.

    By Brittany Allen  November 11, 2024
    Horror

    Why Horror Needs Humor

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2024
    Mothers and Sons

    Remembering Renay: On Growing Up With an Unforgettable Mother

    With Humor and Love, Andy Corren Revisits a Childhood of Poverty, Paperbacks, and Poetry

    By Andy Corren  January 16, 2025
    The Hub

    All the books that (probably) radicalized Lindsay Weir.

    By Brittany Allen  October 8, 2024
    Language

    Bell-ends, Pillocks, Numpties, and Sh*tgibbons: Why the Brits Swear Better

    By Ben Yagoda  September 30, 2024
    The Hub

    I made Nicholas Sparks’ Splenda-packed chicken salad.

    By James Folta  September 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Earth is about to get a second moon… but what will it mean for the lit world?

    By James Folta  September 23, 2024
    The Hub

    WTF is Steve reading on Sex and the City?

    By Brittany Allen  September 23, 2024
    The Hub

    Meet the writer who added “lol” to the end of every sentence of In Search of Lost Time.

    By James Folta  September 17, 2024
    Twitterverse

    What to do about that embarrassing Deathly Hallows tattoo.

    By Brittany Allen  September 12, 2024
    Mathematics

    Humanity’s Strangest Language: On the Joys of Translating Math

    Ben Orlin Considers New Ways to Think About—and Have Fun With—Numbers, Variables and Equations

    By Ben Orlin  September 5, 2024
    The Hub

    Spammy political fundraising texts from fictional characters.

    By James Folta  September 4, 2024
    The Hub

    Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

    By Brittany Allen  August 30, 2024
    The Hub

    The pros and cons of dating a writer.

    By James Folta  August 21, 2024
    Death

    Putting the “Fun” in “Funeral.” Or, Why Death Shouldn’t Always Be So Sad

    Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes Explore Festive Mourning Practices Across Eras and Cultures

    By Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes  August 20, 2024
    The Hub

    Good media news! The Onion is back in print.

    By James Folta  August 16, 2024
    The Hub

    The first lines of 10 classic novels, updated for the hottest days of summer.

    By James Folta  August 14, 2024
    The Hub

    Play some spooky, literary bingo with us.

    By James Folta  October 11, 2024
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