How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025

How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025

What We Can All Learn From the Courage of Charter 77

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How Close Did We Come to Losing <em>Beowulf</em> Forever?

How Close Did We Come to Losing Beowulf Forever?

Robert Bartlett on a Vital Work of the Western Canon That Barely Survived Multiple Disasters

By Robert Bartlett | October 10, 2025

Pynchon and Splatterpunk in America on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

Pynchon and Splatterpunk in America on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Oliver Scialdone, Devin Thomas O'Shea, Drew Broussard, and a phone call from Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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What <em>Hedda</em> Reveals About the Timelessness of Feminine Rage

What Hedda Reveals About the Timelessness of Feminine Rage

Hannah Bonner Talks to Director Nia DaCosta About Her Cinematic Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Play

By Hannah Bonner | October 10, 2025

Why Donald Trump Wants to Erase John Brown’s Fiery Abolitionist Legacy (and Why He Will Fail)

Why Donald Trump Wants to Erase John Brown’s Fiery Abolitionist Legacy (and Why He Will Fail)

Robert S. Levine Visits Harpers Ferry Amid a Government Shutdown

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Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Prelude to a Murder: When Misfits Falls in Love in Deepest Florida

Gilbert King Introduces the Case of Leo Schofield, Accused of Murdering His Wife Michelle

By Gilbert King | October 10, 2025

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Maris Kreizman on the Difference Between Cancel Culture and Consequence Culture

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The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

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Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

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Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

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How America’s First Star War Reporter Set the Tone For a Century of Journalism

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