Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion to Women in Angoulême, Some of the Best New Titles in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 19, 2021

On the Holocaust’s Impact on Survivors’ Early Childhood and Memory

On the Holocaust’s Impact on Survivors’ Early Childhood and Memory

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford

By Rebecca Clifford | October 19, 2021

“To Bob or Not to Bob?” Revolution and the “Modern Girl” of 20th-Century Asia

“To Bob or Not to Bob?” Revolution and the “Modern Girl” of 20th-Century Asia

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper

By Tim Harper | October 19, 2021

Check out the original 1851 reviews of <em>Moby-Dick</em>.

Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick.

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

A woman won a million-euro writing prize . . . then turned out to be three men.

A woman won a million-euro writing prize . . . then turned out to be three men.

By Walker Caplan | October 18, 2021

How Ntozake Shange wrote her first poem in 7 years—after experiencing two strokes.

How Ntozake Shange wrote her first poem in 7 years—after experiencing two strokes.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 18, 2021

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Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

By Jonny Diamond | October 18, 2021

Beloved Irish poet Brendan Kennelly has died at 85.

By Dan Sheehan | October 18, 2021

Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2021

How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

Molly Castner on How to Teach Facts in 2021

By Molly Castner | October 18, 2021

Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

Matthew Stewart Considers Home Ownership, the Merit Myth, and the Cruelty of the American Dream

By Matthew Stewart | October 18, 2021

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Nickolas Butler on Writing as an Act of Service and the Power of Local News

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Ben Ehrenreich in Conversation with the Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

Ethan Lou on Unauthorized Biographies and Uncomfortable Writing

By Ethan Lou | October 18, 2021

On Teaching at the End of the World

On Teaching at the End of the World

Rashaan Alexis Meneses Confronts a Season of Pandemic and Fire

By Rashaan Alexis Meneses | October 18, 2021

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