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Sign noting that spitting spreads the Spanish flu.

Trapped on a Ship During a Pandemic

“Either they’ve got no conscience, or they’re not awake to the gravity of the situation.”
by Willa Cather via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 31, 2020

Hearts and Stomachs

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle has come to symbolize an era of muckraking and reform. But its author sought revolution, not regulation.
by Scott McLemee via The Wilson Quarterly on March 22, 2020

The First Lady of American Journalism

Dorothy Thompson finds a room of her own.
by Nancy F. Cott via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 17, 2020
A photo of William Faulkner

The Road to Glory: Faulkner’s Hollywood Years, 1932–1936

Lisa C. Hickman reconstructs William Faulkner’s tumultuous Hollywood sojourn of 1932–1936.
by Lisa C. Hickman via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 27, 2020

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of Amelia Earhart

A missing pilot and her poems.
by Traci Brimhall via New England Review on February 21, 2020

Emily Dickinson Escapes

A new biography and TV show present Emily Dickinson as a self-aware artist who created a life that defied the limits placed on women.
by Lynne Feeley via Boston Review on February 20, 2020
A sea of people at Woodstock.

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

When Pete Townshend whacked Abbie Hoffman offstage.
by Jack Hoffman, Daniel Simon via Literary Hub on February 18, 2020
Several stores in a 20th century shopping mall

Paul Samuelson Brought Mathematical Economics to the Masses

Paul Samuelson’s mathematical brilliance changed economics, but it was his popular touch that made him a household name.
by Roger Backhouse via Aeon on February 10, 2020
Kennedy and Frost

We Didn’t Always Pair Poets to Presidents: How Robert Frost Ended Up at JFK’s Inauguration

When poetry met power in January, 1961.
by John Burnside via Literary Hub on February 10, 2020
Writer Dorothy Parker sitting.

When Dorothy Parker Got Fired from Vanity Fair

Jonathan Goldman explores the beginnings of the Algonquin Round Table and how Parker's determination to speak her mind gave her pride of place within it.
by Jonathan Goldman via The Public Domain Review on February 6, 2020
George Washington on the cover of Alexis Coe's "You Never Forget Your First."

A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington

A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.
by Alexis Coe, Karin Wulf via Smithsonian on February 4, 2020

Pioneers of American Publicity

How John and Jessie Frémont explored the frontiers of legend-making.
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on January 20, 2020

The Asian-American Canon Breakers

Proudly embracing their role as outsiders, a group of writer-activists set out to create a cultural identity—and a literature—of their own.
by Hua Hsu via The New Yorker on January 6, 2020
Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson and the Declaration

Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence announced a new epoch in world history, transforming a provincial tax revolt into a great struggle to liberate humanity.
by Peter S. Onuf via American Heritage on January 1, 2020

The History of O. Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi'

The beloved Christmas short story may have been dashed off on deadline but its core message has endured.
by Patrick Sauer via Smithsonian on December 23, 2019

The Remembered Past

On the beginnings of our stories—and the history of who owns them.
by Lewis H. Lapham via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 14, 2019

All Good Things Must Begin

On the self-preservation, testimonies, and solace found in the diaries of black women writers.
by Tarisai Ngangura via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 8, 2019

A Very Lost Cause Love Affair

Is it possible to write a good Civil War romance?
by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on December 5, 2019

Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom

Eric Foner has helped us better understand the ambiguous consequences of what were almost always only partial victories.
by Michael Kazin via The Nation on December 2, 2019

The Songs of Canceled Men

A new book asks how music criticism can reckon with the lives of immoral artists.
by Joe Bucciero via The Nation on November 19, 2019
Devils roasting the earth on a spit.

From Saving the Earth to Ruling the World

The transformation of the environmental movement.
by Christopher Caldwell via Claremont Review of Books on November 1, 2019

The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood

They played essential behind-the-scenes roles as the American movie industry was taking off. What happened?
by Margaret Talbot via The New Yorker on October 28, 2019
Illustration of WWI soldiers hiking thorugh a field; the painting uses light pastel colors and surrounds the soldiers with mist

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather’s World War I Novel

From Hemingway to Mencken, no one thought a woman could write about combat.
by Rebecca Onion via Literary Hub on October 21, 2019

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

“No harm if true; but, in fact, not true.”
by Jaime Fuller via Literary Hub on September 12, 2019

Moral Courage and the Civil War

Monuments ask us to look at the past, but how they do it exposes crucial aspects of the present.
by Elizabeth D. Samet via The American Scholar on September 3, 2019
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Could Footnotes Be the Key to Winning the Disinformation Wars?

Armed with footnotes, we can save democracy.
by Karin Wulf via Made By History on August 29, 2019

From the Battlefield to 'Little Women'

How Louisa May Alcott found a niche in observing the world around her.
by Jennifer Wilson via New York Review of Books on August 28, 2019
Harper Lee

On the Beat with Harper Lee

A review of Casey Cep's new book on Harper Lee's never written true crime book, "The Reverend."
by Margaret Eby via New York Review of Books on August 15, 2019

The Parents of Curious George

Margret and Hans A. Rey, the reluctant parents of a cartoon ape-child, always yearned to leave children’s literature behind.
by Yuliya Komska via Los Angeles Review of Books on July 29, 2019

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Semicolon

People have passionate feelings about the oddball punctuation. Here are some things you probably didn't know about it.
by Cecelia Watson via The Millions on July 29, 2019
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