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Thomas Paine's Common Sense presented the case for American independence in a way that spoke to the average person.

A new book gathers essays by the museum’s curators, researchers, librarians, and conservators on everything from Renaissance portraiture to

Vasily Grossman’s fearless and compelling war journalism demonstrates his courage and integrity as a writer and a man.

It’s a story we just can’t seem to quit. From antiquity to outer space, literature and film are filled with scrappy adventurers struggling t

Nearly six decades since its founding, the legacy of the beloved program is explored in an exhibition at Columbia University’s Wallach Art G

A young man seeking a career requires a role model, or at least benefits from one. George Washington’s father had been a planter and merchan

Is Rachel Aviv extroverted?

Sam Neill has sadly passed away. Don't sleep on his wonderful turn in 'Reilly, Ace of Spies.'

During a pivotal moment in The Odyssey, Circe sends Odysseus to the Kingdom of the Dead to find the soothsayer who can instruct him on how t

A cast guide for everyone who kind of remembers reading The Odyssey in school but also not really

My reading journal can rent a car now!

Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices and applications have become ubiquitous over the last decade. However, it is unclear whet

“The idea of this successful, grassroots, genuine community of women is very appealing to young people looking for connection,” archivist St

When we talk about the formation of America, farming, and the history of people of African descent in this country, Virginia is at the core

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. In the early 1800s, when people named their cliques, Washington I

Having eagerly accepted the yoke of Catholic guilt, J. D. Vance’s project is to fit the whole of America within those bonds.

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Unmothered [from Aeon]

We are each a living story, written with those who raised us. But when my most loving co-author ghosted me, my story fractured

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