• Style

    Biography

    When Wilde Met Whitman

    By Michèle Mendelssohn  July 16, 2018
    Excerpts

    How Tango Rewired My Brain… and My Body

    By Meghan Flaherty  June 21, 2018
    Feature

    Galaxies Unto Themselves: Lorna Simpson’s Collages of Black Women’s Hair

    By Elizabeth Alexander  June 6, 2018
    Excerpts

    Why Is Caring About Fashion Considered Unserious?

    By madison moore  April 19, 2018
    Excerpts

    When Vogue Went to Russia

    By Michael Idov  February 21, 2018
    Essay

    Let’s Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer’s Lifestyle

    By Rosalie Knecht  January 31, 2018
    Essay

    Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

    By Dan O'Brien  January 24, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

    By Kassia St. Clair  October 27, 2017
    Listicle

    The Greatest Goths in Literary History

    By Emily Temple  August 30, 2017
    Excerpts

    Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone

    By Malik Gaines  August 23, 2017
    Memoir

    Andy Warhol’s Superstars and the Invention of Downtown New York

    By Victor P. Corona  July 20, 2017
    News and Culture

    Celebrities: They’re Not Just Like Us

    By Emily Harnett  July 19, 2017
    Design

    Nancy Mitford, Inventor of Eccentric English Style

    By Terry Newman  June 19, 2017
    Personal Essay

    New Clothes Won’t Fix You (and Will Likely Cause Shame and Discomfort)

    By Scaachi Koul  May 1, 2017
    History

    One American’s 44-Year Battle to Rebuild Shakespeare’s Theater

    By Dominic Dromgoole  April 21, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Discovering the Power of Storytelling in a Tattered Old Pulp Paperback

    By Edie Meidav  April 11, 2017
    Feature

    18 Non-Book Gifts for Literary People

    By Emily Temple  December 20, 2016
    Essay

    Stephanie Danler: On Losing Something Precious

    By Stephanie Danler  June 10, 2016
    Essay

    How to Tell the Future With Books

    By Kate Angus  June 1, 2016
    Excerpts

    Redeeming the Kamasutra

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 11, 2016
    Feature

    The Biggest Cuties in Publishing

    By Literary Hub  December 23, 2015
    Excerpts

    Elvis Costello: The Teenage Years

    By Elvis Costello  November 9, 2015
    Essay

    Is Canadian Fabulism a Hot New Genre?

    By Charles Arrowsmith  November 9, 2015
    Essay

    A Tender Account of Knitting, Young Love, and a Dick Cozy

    By Bill Roorbach  November 6, 2015
    Did you know?

    The Second Republican Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

    By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  September 18, 2015
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