How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

Shirley Barrett Goes Deep into the Domestic Research

By Shirley Barrett | March 23, 2016

Donald Trump's Sentimental Journey to the Top

Donald Trump's Sentimental Journey to the Top

Revisiting Joan Didion on 90s NYC, to Make Sense of Present Day America

By Kristen Martin | March 22, 2016

A Brief History of New York Values

A Brief History of New York Values

David Reid on Truman, Wallace, and the Seething Immorality of Greenwich Village

By David Reid | March 22, 2016

Neither Mad Nor Motherless: On Emily Dickinson's Self-Creation

Neither Mad Nor Motherless: On Emily Dickinson's Self-Creation

Of Mothers and Daughters and Not-So-Crazy Poets

By Jerome Charyn | March 22, 2016

Agony

Agony

Mark Beyer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 22, 2016

To Be Irish in New York on St. Patrick's Day

To Be Irish in New York on St. Patrick's Day

Chasing the Irish Arts Center's citywide book giveaway, nostalgia ensues

By Dan Sheehan | March 21, 2016

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Reading Lessons from My Teenage Self

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At the Tucson Festival of Books: Freaks, Cranks, Poets, and More

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Kashmir: Border State, Dream State

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Interview with a Bookstore: Octavia Books

Interview with a Bookstore: Octavia Books

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Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Michelle Dean On Everything is Copy, and the art of Ephronology

By Michelle Dean | March 18, 2016

When the Apocalypse is Your Religion

When the Apocalypse is Your Religion

On Leaving the Church and Finding a Haven in Science Fiction

By Rachel Kessler | March 18, 2016

The Modern Sisyphus: Albert Camus Goes Online

The Modern Sisyphus: Albert Camus Goes Online

Struggling With—And Against—The Internet

By Michael Seidlinger | March 18, 2016

Celebrating 75 Years of Paper Dolls

Celebrating 75 Years of Paper Dolls

Thourougly researched, thoroughly enjoyable!

By Literary Hub | March 18, 2016

How to Understand America, One Pattern at a Time

How to Understand America, One Pattern at a Time

From Ireland to Iowa, When Words Fail, Draw

By Sara Baume | March 17, 2016

Classical Literature

Classical Literature

Richard Jenkyns

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 16, 2016

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