• Style

    The Hub

    Anna Sui’s new collection is inspired by Agatha Christie, so obviously the runway was at the Strand.

    By Emily Temple  February 12, 2024
    Beauty

    Taking Down the System, Seductively: On Women Who Use Beauty as Currency

    By Celine Saintclare  January 12, 2024
    Beauty

    More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

    By Zahra Hankir  December 5, 2023
    Nature Writing

    Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

    By Edward Moreta Jr.  December 4, 2023
    Art and Life

    Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  November 30, 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
    Drinking

    Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America’s Greatest Invention, the Martini

    By Dwight Garner  October 25, 2023
    Fashion History

    How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

    By Hannah Carlson  September 12, 2023
    Art and Writing

    What Do Writers Do On Instagram?

    By Literary Hub  August 25, 2023
    Queer History

    How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

    By Tara Isabella Burton  June 27, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

    By Emily Grosvenor  June 20, 2023
    Character Development

    How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

    By Claudia Cravens  June 20, 2023
    Lit Hub Radio

    Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

    By Keen On  June 5, 2023
    Trans History

    How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

    By Grace Lavery  May 31, 2023
    Fashion

    The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

    By Dominique Roques  May 22, 2023
    Motherhood

    On QAnon and the Toxic Longing to Be Part of Something As a Mom

    By Sara Petersen  April 28, 2023
    The Writing Life

    Do Writers Fetishize Their Tools Too Much… Or Not Enough?

    By Tobias Carroll  April 21, 2023
    The Hub

    Style icon Dolly Parton is telling the inside story of her fashion journey.

    By Jonny Diamond  March 23, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Real Star of North by Northwest is Cary Grant’s Suit

    By Todd McEwen  March 7, 2023
    When I’m Not Writing

    A Stitch Between Reality and Imagination: Thao Thai on Sewing and Summoning Possibility

    By Thao Thai  February 27, 2023
    Remembrances

    Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer

    By Colin Groundwater  February 7, 2023
    Celebrities

    Sweating in Public: On Jane Fonda’s Dance Aerobics Empire and Progressive Politics

    By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela  February 3, 2023
    Fashion

    Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

    By Federico Chiara  December 19, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home by Marie Kondo, Read by Traci Kato-Kiriyama

    By Behind the Mic   December 16, 2022
    Dressing Up

    Lessons in the Multitude of Femininity From the World’s Foremost Purveyors of Butt Pads

    By Heather Radke  December 1, 2022
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