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New Mexico landscape painting by Marsden Hartley.

A Tramp Across America

How a Los Angeles Times editor helped create the myth of the American West.

by Greg Luther via Lapham’s Quarterly on February 19, 2018

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Soul of W. E. B. Du Bois

Reflecting on the tremendous impact of "The Souls of Black Folk," on the 150th anniversary of Du Bois' birth.

by Ibram X. Kendi via The Paris Review on February 14, 2018

‘Thanks Are Due Above All to My Wife’

When it comes to intellectual partnerships, sometimes an acknowledgment is enough.

by Allison Miller via The Chronicle of Higher Education on February 11, 2018

A Hardworking Man Named Bob McDill

The steady hand behind more than 30 No. 1 country hits.

by Jennifer Justus via The Bitter Southerner on February 8, 2018

‘Eight Loving Arms and All Those Suckers.’

How Angels in America put Roy Cohn into the definitive story of AIDS.

by Dan Kois, Isaac Butler via Vulture on February 7, 2018

Sheeeeeeeee-it: The Secret History of the Politics in ‘The Wire’

An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming oral history of HBO’s beloved drama.

by Jonathan Abrams via The Ringer on February 6, 2018

At Home With Ursula Le Guin

Her novels featured dragons and wizards, but they were also deeply grounded in indigenous American ways of thought.

by Benjamin Breen on January 31, 2018

The Lost Giant of American Literature

A major black novelist made a remarkable début. How did he disappear?

by Kathryn Schulz via The New Yorker on January 29, 2018

The Man Who Made Black Panther Cool

Christopher Priest broke Marvel's color barrier and reinvented a classic character. Why was he nearly written out of comics history?

by Abraham Josephine Riesman via Vulture on January 22, 2018

The Impossibility of Knowing Mark Twain

Even Twain's own autobiography cannot reveal the whole truth of the literary legend.

by Gary Scharnhorst via The Paris Review on January 9, 2018

Want to Hear a Dirty Joke? Get a Woman to Tell It

The Courage and Comic Genius of Groundbreaking Female Stand-Ups

by Eileen Pollack via Literary Hub on January 4, 2018

Writing History

On my transition from editor of terrible history books to a writer of mediocre ones.

by B. N. Harrison via The Rumpus on January 1, 2018

Portrait of Charles Dickens from his 1842 trip to America.

Charles Dickens Had Serious Beef with America and Its Bad Manners

How Charles Dickens' unpleasant trip to Boston led to "A Christmas Carol."

by Samantha Silva via Literary Hub on December 21, 2017

A Homecoming for Murray Kempton

Looking at the reporter’s life through five houses in Baltimore.

by Andrew Holter via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 13, 2017

What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?

One film fan's struggle to reconcile the things she loves with the things she knows to be true.

by Claire Dederer via The Paris Review on November 20, 2017

A drawing of boats on the water, from the book "Homecoming at Twilight"

The Magic Mountain of Yiddish

Jacob Glatstein’s 1930s Yiddish novel ‘Homecoming at Twilight’ foresaw the coming doom.

by Dara Horn via Tablet on November 13, 2017

Walden Pond.

'Walden' Wasn’t Thoreau’s Masterpiece

In his 2-million-word journal, the transcendentalist balanced poetic wonder and scientific rigor as he explored the natural world.

by Andrea Wulf via The Atlantic on November 1, 2017

Theodore Dreiser’s New York

Teddy Dreiser tries to make it.

by Mike Wallace via The Paris Review on October 26, 2017

Edgar Alan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s Hatchet Jobs

The great short story writer and poet wrote many a book review.

by Mark Athitakis via Humanities on October 20, 2017

1870 cartoon of people going camping

The Religious Roots of America's Love for Camping

How a minister's accidental bestseller launched the country's first outdoor craze.

by Terence Young via What It Means to Be American on October 12, 2017

Illustrated sperm whale with blue stripes of water.

The Original 1851 Reviews of Moby Dick

There was little indication 166 years ago that the book would enter the canon of great American fiction.

by George Ripley, Henry F. Chorley, London John Bull, William Young via Literary Hub on September 8, 2017

Generations of Village Voice Writers Reflect on the End of Print

The end of an era.

by Luke O'Neil via Esquire on August 23, 2017

The True American

A review on the many publications about Henry David Thoreau's life for the bicentennial anniversary of his birthday.

by Robert Pogue Harrison via New York Review of Books on August 17, 2017

The Supreme Court building.

Knowing How vs. Knowing That: Navigating the Past

How should we interpret the United States Constitution?

by Jonathan Gienapp via Process: A Blog for American History on April 4, 2017

Little Government in the Big Woods

Melissa Gilbert's lost bid for Congress and the forgotten political history of 'Little House on the Prairie.'

by Mary Pilon via Longreads on July 1, 2016

A frog and a toad together on a tandem bicycle

“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love

A series of illustrated children’s books endures as a classic. Was it also the author’s attempt to come out?

by Colin Stokes via The New Yorker on May 31, 2016

Aerial view of identical-looking houses in suburbs

Welcome to Disturbia

Why midcentury Americans believed the suburbs were making them sick.

by Amanda Kolson Hurley via Curbed on May 25, 2016

Walt Whitman—Patriotic Poet, Gay Iconoclast, or Shrewd Marketing Ploy?

Americans tend to think of Walt Whitman as the embodiment of democracy and individualism, but have you ever considered Walt Whitman, the brand?

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on May 3, 2016

Portrait of William Apess.

The Greatest Native American Intellectual You’ve Never Heard Of

The short life and long legacy of the 19th-century reformer William Apess.

by Phillip F. Gura via What It Means to Be American on April 17, 2015

Go on Monopoly board

The Twisted History of Your Favorite Board Game

An interview with Mary Pilon about her new book, ‘The Monopolists,’ which uncovers the real story about how Monopoly became the game it is today.

by Mary Pilon, Jessica Gross via Longreads on March 1, 2015

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