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    Shakespeare's First Folio

    In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

    By Ed Simon  November 13, 2023
    Shakespeare's First Folio

    The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

    By Literary Hub  November 13, 2023
    Shakespeare

    Where Everyone is Hamlet: Staging Shakespeare as Political Resistance in China

    By Vikram Nijhawan  November 13, 2023
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Dissenting in Style: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Collars Became Political Signifiers

    By Elinor Carucci and Sara Bader  November 13, 2023
    Appalachia

    Approaching Social Repair in Appalachian Kentucky

    By Seth D. Kaplan  November 13, 2023
    University Press Week

    This Year’s University Press Week Showcases Work That Sparks Conversation

    By Jane Bunker  November 13, 2023
    Keen On

    Juliet Hooker on the Need to Expand Our Political Imaginations

    By Keen On  November 13, 2023
    The Hub

    Here are the winners of the 2023 National Translation Awards.

    By Literary Hub  November 11, 2023
    Bandits

    The Dalton Gang’s Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

    By Tom Clavin  November 10, 2023
    Film and TV

    Dream Scenario is a Worthwhile Head Trip

    By Olivia Rutigliano  November 10, 2023
    Excerpt

    The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

    By Walter Stephens  November 10, 2023
    What to Watch

    Sweet Nothings: On the Emptiness of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla

    By Hannah Bonner  November 10, 2023
    Keen On

    Ben Austen on the Un-American Injustices of the American Justice System

    By Keen On  November 10, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    The Trouble with a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Gender Care

    By Hannah Barnes  November 10, 2023
    The Hub

    Israel has killed over 50 members of this poet’s family.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 9, 2023
    The Hub

    Kurt Vonnegut thought Bob Dylan was “the worst poet alive.”

    By Emily Temple  November 9, 2023
    Art History

    Drip Painting Was Actually Invented by a Ukrainian Grandmother… Not Jackson Pollock

    By Noah Charney  November 9, 2023
    Dictators

    Dinner With A Dictator: What Joseph Stalin Ate

    By Witold Szabłowski  November 9, 2023
    Food

    A Brief History of Onions in America

    By Mark Kurlansky  November 9, 2023
    Labor

    The Urgent Importance of Making Space for Stories from the Farmworking Community

    By Literary Hub  November 9, 2023
    Feminism

    “It Is Not a Given”: Marcie Bianco Lays Out the Steps to Reclaiming Freedom for Feminism

    By Marcie Bianco  November 9, 2023
    Keen On

    Lisa Gornick on Writers Truly Knowing Their Fictional Characters

    By Keen On  November 9, 2023
    The Hub

    Announcing this year’s winner of the $75,000 Cundill History Prize.

    By Literary Hub  November 8, 2023
    The Hub

    Need a book recommendation? Take the coolest, weirdest literary quiz on the internet.

    By Literary Hub  November 8, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

    By Emily J. Orlando  November 8, 2023
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