The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era

“Swift seems to be identifying with, and forcefully reimagining, this tragic figure from Victorian history.”

By Emily J. Orlando | October 1, 2025

What My Grandmother’s Death Folder Taught Me About Love and Duty

What My Grandmother’s Death Folder Taught Me About Love and Duty

Eden Royce on the Importance of Taking Care of Funerary Details in the Face of Grief

By Eden Royce | October 1, 2025

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Tamar Shapiro: “I owe this book to my mother. It is not about her, and yet she is on every page.”

By Tamar Shapiro | October 1, 2025

Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize.

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2025

Yusuf / Cat Stevens' book tour has been postponed due to unspecified visa issues.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens' book tour has been postponed due to unspecified visa issues.

By James Folta | September 30, 2025

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2025

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Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?

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What Our Relationship With Cats Reveals About Ourselves

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Rebecca van Laer: “If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.”

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Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

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Christopher C. Gorham on Art Theft and Artistic Solidarity in Occupied France

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How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography

How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography

Ilan Stavans and Peter Gilliver Discuss the Philosophical and Pragmatic Aspects of the Oxford English Dictionary

By Ilan Stavans | September 29, 2025

What a 19th-Century Photograph Reveals About Power, Privilege and Violence in the American West

What a 19th-Century Photograph Reveals About Power, Privilege and Violence in the American West

Martha A. Sandweiss Unearths the Hidden History Behind a Moment of Westward Expansion Preserved for Posterity

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