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How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

Dan Jones Maps the Fault Lines of Collapse

By Dan Jones | November 9, 2021

Watch Tony Kushner perform William Faulkner’s Nobel acceptance speech.

Watch Tony Kushner perform William Faulkner’s Nobel acceptance speech.

By Walker Caplan | November 8, 2021

Read Robert Frost’s first published poem, written when he was 18.

Read Robert Frost’s first published poem, written when he was 18.

By Walker Caplan | November 8, 2021

Walt Whitman’s letter to a female admirer is the nicest romantic rejection in history.

Walt Whitman’s letter to a female admirer is the nicest romantic rejection in history.

By Walker Caplan | November 3, 2021

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

How Researching the Forbidden Shaped The Themes of My Novel

By Aimee Parkison | October 29, 2021

Prince Charles has weighed in on the Brontë manuscripts controversy.

Prince Charles has weighed in on the Brontë manuscripts controversy.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

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Read Sylvia Plath’s first published poem, which she wrote at age 8.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

Remember when the Grateful Dead did a 12-minute freestyle based on “The Raven”?

By Walker Caplan | October 25, 2021

Henry IV is up for auction."> A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s <em

A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s <em

Henry IV is up for auction.">

Henry IV is up for auction.">A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s Henry IV is up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | October 22, 2021

Ulysses?"> Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s <em

Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s <em

Ulysses?">Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s Ulysses?

By Walker Caplan | October 20, 2021

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

Mallory O’Meara on a Surprising Gender Discrimination Case

By Mallory O'Meara | October 19, 2021

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion to Women in Angoulême, Some of the Best New Titles in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 19, 2021

“Homes, Workshops, Palaces, Shrines.” On the Portability and Mobility of Hordes

“Homes, Workshops, Palaces, Shrines.” On the Portability and Mobility of Hordes

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the Worldby Marie Favereau">From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the Worldby Marie Favereau

By Marie Favereau | October 15, 2021

Instead of acting like Kidney Person, be more like these 19th-century literary haters.

Instead of acting like Kidney Person, be more like these 19th-century literary haters.

By Walker Caplan | October 7, 2021

Peddlers, Bakers, Wool-Sorters: The Economic History of Women in Angoulême

Peddlers, Bakers, Wool-Sorters: The Economic History of Women in Angoulême

Emma Rothschild on Women’s Work in an-18th Century French Village

By Emma Rothschild | October 7, 2021

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