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On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

By Matthew Restall | October 13, 2025

Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World"> Emily Wilson Explores The <i

Emily Wilson Explores The <i

Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World">

Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World">Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”

By Emily Wilson | September 3, 2025

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word

Moudhy Al-Rashid on the Earliest Forms of Writing

By Moudhy Al-Rashid | August 26, 2025

Girl, 1983

Girl, 1983

Linn Ullmann (trans. Martin Aitken)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 25, 2025

“Cosmetologist”

“Cosmetologist”

Lydia Millet

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 23, 2025

Caledonian Road

Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 18, 2024

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That’s Not Typing, It’s Writing: How T. S. Eliot Wrote “The Waste Land”

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“With me an unfinished thing is a thing that might as well be rubbed out.”

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Food for (Better) Thought: Mary Beth Albright on How Diet Impacts Your Mental Health

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Bad Trips and Borderlands: Take a Literary Tour of the New American West

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