How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements
Thomas Levenson on the Dubious Yet Important Science of 17th-Century Medicine
April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction
Featuring Diarmaid MacCulloch, Robert Crumb, Elaine Pagels, and More
Just Another Cat Lady: On Navigating Casual Misogyny in Animal Rescue
Courtney Gustafson Explores the Crude Gendered Expectations Projected Onto Humans and Felines Alike
The Cosmic Library on the Philosophy of The Brothers Karamazov
Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more
What Would These Iconic Movies Look Like As Books?
Matt Stevens on Bringing Vintage Book Cover Charm to Some of His Favorite Films
Tracing the Journey of World War II’s Stolen and Looted Objects
Elisabeth Dini on the Decades-Long Legal Battles to Recover Long-Lost Valuables and Heirlooms
Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist
Andrew Holter on Executorship, Archives, and Literary Labors
Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life
Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Accidentals”
Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father
The Author of “Son of a Bird” Tells the Story of a Family of Facades
Shelby Van Pelt Created Her Oddball Octopus in a Low-Key Writing Class (And Other Deets)
The Author of “Remarkably Bright Creatures” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire
Another reason to love Pedro Pascal? He called J.K. Rowling a “heinous loser.”
Cheers to the only Minister of Magic we recognize.
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