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What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 2*

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 2*

or: brain worms, the game

By Literary Hub | November 18, 2025

Did You Know Mapmakers Used to Make Up Fake Towns in Order to Catch Plagiarists?

Did You Know Mapmakers Used to Make Up Fake Towns in Order to Catch Plagiarists?

Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman Consider the Techniques Cartographers Use to Prevent Counterfeiting

By Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman | November 18, 2025

On the Writer of Erotic Harry Potter Fan Fiction Who Messaged Me First

On the Writer of Erotic Harry Potter Fan Fiction Who Messaged Me First

Orlando Reade Explores the Intersection of Technology, Desire and Uncanny Doppelgangers

By Orlando Reade | November 18, 2025

How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

Celeste Marcus on the Barnes‘ Massive Soutine Acquisition in the Early 1900s

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What Set Off the Showdown at the O.K. Corral? An Anti-Gun Law

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Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

“To write is to transport yourself to another world, to step into the lives of others, but also to connect yourself to those lives...”

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Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

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