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The Secret Language of<br> Make-Up

The Secret Language of
Make-Up

Drag Queen Crystal Rasmussen Makes an Icon of Herself

By Crystal Rasmussen and Tom Rasmussen | April 14, 2020

Betsey Johnson on the Eve of a Cotton Lycra Revolution

Betsey Johnson on the Eve of a Cotton Lycra Revolution

When The Fashion Icon Had to Take Control of Her Career

By Betsey Johnson and Mark Vitulano | April 10, 2020

A Brief History of the Acceptable High School T-Shirts of the Late 1980s

A Brief History of the Acceptable High School T-Shirts of the Late 1980s

Susan McCarty on the Exploitation of Conspicuous Consumer Desire

By Susan McCarty | March 30, 2020

Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Dylan Byron on the Self-Discovery of Early Literary Love

By Dylan Byron | March 3, 2020

Inside the ‘Vibrant Intellectual Ecosystem’ of Larry McMurtry's Home Library

Inside the ‘Vibrant Intellectual Ecosystem’ of Larry McMurtry's Home Library

McMurtry on the Few Books He Would Never Give Up

By Nina Freudenberger and Sadie Stein | February 18, 2020

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Jenn Shapland on What She Found in the Writer's Archives

By Jenn Shapland | February 18, 2020

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The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

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By Alanna Okun | November 27, 2019

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Social Science

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Social Science

From Gender to Counterculture, Dive into the Best of Fall

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Want Hemingway's Big Fish Energy? There's a cap for that.

Want Hemingway's Big Fish Energy? There's a cap for that.

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An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

Amos Mac and Rocco Katastrophe on Original Plumbing

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May we suggest not paying $99 for "authentic decorative books"?

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Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Do They Convey Authority? Oppression? Frivolity? Confidence? Sex? Yes.

By Summer Brennan | March 14, 2019

In Search of the Surreal at the Leonora Carrington Museum

In Search of the Surreal at the Leonora Carrington Museum

A Sculptor, Writer, and Feminist Pioneer Who Defied Categorization

By Ruby Brunton | January 29, 2019

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