The Woman Who Launched a Newspaper During WWII

The Woman Who Launched a Newspaper During WWII

On the Messy First Issue of Alicia Patterson's Newsday

By Alice Arlen and Michael J. Arlen | August 24, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Trilogies, Triumphs, and the Novel Trump Should Read

Five Books Making News This Week: Trilogies, Triumphs, and the Novel Trump Should Read

Jay McInerney, Colson Whitehead, Imbolo Mbue, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | August 23, 2016

On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

Where “Small-Town” Girls Tried to Make it in Manhattan

By Nathan Smith | August 23, 2016

God, Guns, and Survival, Deep in the Heart of the Dust Bowl

God, Guns, and Survival, Deep in the Heart of the Dust Bowl

On Hardscrabble Life in the Oklahoma Panhandle

By Rae Meadows | August 22, 2016

Svetlana Alexievich Grapples with Putin's Russia

Svetlana Alexievich Grapples with Putin's Russia

From the Nobel Laureate's Latest Book, Secondhand Time

By Svetlana Alexievich | August 22, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore: Oxford Exchange

Interview with a Bookstore: Oxford Exchange

Visually Distinctive, Spiritually Familiar

By Interview with a Bookstore | August 22, 2016

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In Praise of the Micro Landscape

By Angela Palm | August 19, 2016

Why Do I Still Care If the US Men's Basketball Team Wins Gold?

By Benjamin Markovits | August 19, 2016

When the Beatles Played Memphis,50 Years Ago Today

By Jon Savage | August 19, 2016

My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

Rachel Hall on Grappling with a Tragic and Heroic Family Legacy

By Rachel Hall | August 19, 2016

Use the Following Words in a Sentence: Traffic. Tumor. High Heels. Jet Lag. Personal Stereo.

Use the Following Words in a Sentence: Traffic. Tumor. High Heels. Jet Lag. Personal Stereo.

Announcing the Newest Books in the Object Lessons Series

By Literary Hub | August 19, 2016

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Magnus Mills

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 18, 2016

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

An Investigation, Featuring All of Your Favorite Bird Lovers

By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

A Former Nurse Brings Black Dog Books to Newton, New Jersey

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 18, 2016

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

On the Many Tricks and Contradictions of "The Road Not Taken"

By David Orr | August 18, 2016

Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw

Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw

Elissa Altman

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 17, 2016

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