How Benjamin Franklin’s Cold Feet Led to a Revolutionary American Invention

How Benjamin Franklin’s Cold Feet Led to a Revolutionary American Invention

Joyce E. Chaplin on the Origins of the Franklin Stove

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From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

Ali Watkins on Vincent Conlon’s Secret Life in the United States as an Operative and Gun-Running Irish Rebel

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A Columbia professor's message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

A Columbia professor's message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

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The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Emily Temple on Bulgakov's Woland

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Emily Temple on Bulgakov's Woland

By Emily Temple | March 10, 2025

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Drew Broussard on Randall Flagg

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Drew Broussard on Randall Flagg

By Drew Broussard | March 10, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Wings in Time</em> by Callie Garnett

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Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle

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What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

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Henry Lien on Self-Esteem, "My Neighbor Totoro," and Defying Box-Office Tropes

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Writing Biography Without an Archive: On Recovering a Past Believed to Be Lost

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How a Group of 19th-Century Historians Helped Relativize the Violent Legacy of Slavery

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Scott Spillman on the Scholarship and Intellectual Legacies of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, William Dunning and Other Academics

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The State Department pulled $1 million in funding for the Iowa International Writing Program.

The State Department pulled $1 million in funding for the Iowa International Writing Program.

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Three unionized Barnes & Nobles in NYC have ratified an historic first contract.

Three unionized Barnes & Nobles in NYC have ratified an historic first contract.

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What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

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