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    The Hub

    Eight print(!) magazines that should be on your radar.

     
    By Brittany Allen  March 25, 2025
    The Hub

    For its tenth birthday(!), A Little Life is getting a makeover.

    By Brittany Allen  March 12, 2025
    Ancient History

    What the Smallest Artifacts Reveal About the Ancient Cultures That Created Them

    By Jennifer Lucy Allan  March 7, 2025
    Craftsmanship

    Patchworks of Memory: Quilting Remembrance and Healing

    By Lisa Gail Collins  March 5, 2025
    Design

    The 18 Best Book Covers of February

    By Emily Temple  February 28, 2025
    Fashion History

    From Princely Regalia to Women’s Underwear: The Evolution of the Color Pink

    By Michel Pastoureau  February 24, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Underreported

    The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue.

    By Brittany Allen  February 14, 2025
    Illustrations

    From “Ted” to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes Edward Gorey Sent to His Pen Pal

    By Literary Hub  February 14, 2025
    Remembrances

    “This Will Be Fun.” On the Life and Times of a Comics Master, Jules Feiffer

    By Paul Morton  February 7, 2025
    Art and Life

    A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

    Peter Trachtenberg Holds up the Frame to an Iconic Artist Who Redefined Being an Icon

    By Peter Trachtenberg  March 25, 2025
    The Hub

    Do you have millions and millions of dollars? Jackie Collins’ house is on the market.

    By Brittany Allen  January 29, 2025
    The Hub

    Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

    By Brittany Allen  January 29, 2025
    Graphic Memoir

    More Than a Muse: Kay Sohini on Discovering Literary New York

    By Kay Sohini  January 29, 2025
    The Hub

    Which of Tom Hanks’ beloved typewriters are you?

    By Brittany Allen  January 15, 2025
    Free Speech

    On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

    By A.J. Goldmann  January 15, 2025
    Best of 2024

    Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
    Artists

    “A Writer Who Draws.” On the Life and Creative Legacy of Saul Steinberg

    By Liana Finck  December 18, 2024
    Photography

    The Art of Watching and the Art of Being Watched: On Sophie Calle’s The Sleepers

    Karla Kelsey Considers Questions of Gender, Agency and Freedom on Both Sides of the Photographer’s Lens

    By Karla Kelsey  December 16, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Ekphrastic Influences: Derek Mong on Finding Inspiration at the Museum

    By Derek Mong  December 13, 2024
    Monuments

    Archaeology or Exclusion? Brandon Shimoda on Saving a Japanese American WWII Monument

    By Brandon Shimoda  December 11, 2024
    Underreported

    An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

    By Brittany Allen  December 10, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Pilgrimage: Beowulf Sheehan on Author Photos and the Search for Home

    “Home, like history, is at once both expansive and incomplete, a necessary mystery.”

    By Beowulf Sheehan  December 6, 2024
    Cultural History

    Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

    By Glenn Adamson  December 6, 2024
    Cartoons

    A Century of Restlessness: What It Means To Be A New Yorker Cartoonist

    By Michael Maslin  November 21, 2024
    The Hub

    Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

    By Brittany Allen  February 4, 2025
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