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Nothing in Tyler Owens’ background could prepare him for the maelstrom of Lorna Eads. The son of “Sawdust Republicans who nonetheless spoke cordially of FDR and Carter,” he grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and moved to California to study economics at USC. Although he was raised to have practical plans for the future, Tyler drops out of college to pursue a writing career. A late-night drive through Los Angeles changes the trajectory of his life when he gets into a fender bender with Lorna Eads, an aspiring actress from Rhode Island. She gives Tyler her phone number, and a relationship quickly dev

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STICK

Stick begins with Eddigan, an elderly one-eyed wizard with diminished powers who lives alone in a forest with a raven. Eddigan’s hermit-like existence delays his inevitable surrender to the Arcansil, “the abandonment of magic, […] a process that strips the arcane from all magical beings” which is tearing its way through Eddigan’s Draywood Forest and the Celt-lands as a whole. The Arcansil causes beings with arcane powers to lose their minds, abandon their beliefs, and eventually turn violent and feral. On a supply run, Eddigan and the raven discover and rescue a diminutive being attacked by fe

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The hottest class at Harvard? Humanities 10, where phones are banned, attendance is mandatory, and the readings are dense

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Drunk or sober, but especially drunk, Edgar Allan Poe acted against his own interests. He turned the mystery of why into art

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The Guide for the Perplexed is a perplexing work — its difficulty is, in part, the point. Can fluent English do it justice?

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The femininization of the deathcare industry. Advances in cosmetics, among other things, are pushing women into the mortuary arts

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The life of a Capitol Hill intern involves bamboozling policyspeak, hellacious heat, free food at AEI, and a parade of utterly charmless Tattes

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Curiosity is a cure for certainty. It’s also the enemy of humility, modesty, and self-doubt. Adam Phillips explains

Curiosity is a cure for certainty. It’s also the enemy of humility, modesty, and self-doubt. Adam Phillips explains

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How did the journal Telos, champion of Marcuse and Gramsci, produce two editors who would serve in Trump’s State Department?

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Disgust and desire. In the 16th century, a woman might carry a peeled apple in her armpit until it absorbed her scent, then give it to her lover

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Sin City: Toulouse and the Albigensian Crusade

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How Did the Suez Crisis Change the World?

How Did the Suez Crisis Change the World? James Hoare Thu, 10/22/2026 - 09:14 The military attempt to reverse Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 was a disaster for Britain. What were the consequences?

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Abortion and the Church in 17th-Century Scotland

Abortion and the Church in 17th-Century Scotland James Hoare Fri, 10/23/2026 - 06:00 When an unmarried servant returned home pregnant in the 17th century, women in her community helped her ‘part with child’ – risking the wrath of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

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‘The House of Cromwell’ by Miranda Malins review

‘The House of Cromwell’ by Miranda Malins review James Hoare Mon, 10/26/2026 - 08:40 In The House of Cromwell: Power, Family and the Making of Modern Britain Miranda Malins contrasts two generations of an English political dynasty: one that consolidated royal power and another that decapitated it.

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‘Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History’ by Benjamin Moser review

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Keeping the Bonfires Lit

Keeping the Bonfires Lit James Hoare Wed, 10/28/2026 - 09:08 Though the guise of its festivities may change, November has long been a time for fire, feasting, and remembering the dead.

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The Tropical Parasites in the Cornish Mine

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The Death of the Corset

The Death of the Corset James Hoare Mon, 11/02/2026 - 09:05 The 400-year reign of the corset ended on 3 November 1914. The age of the brassière had begun.

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This Week in Literary History: Sinclair Lewis Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On November 5, 1930, Sinclair Lewis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and for his ability to create, with wit and humor,

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Tough Days and Good Laughs: 10 New Children’s Books Out This November

When my kids are having a tough day, I want nothing more than to offer them a hug and a sympathetic ear—but sometimes, comfort from a well-meaning mom is the last thing they want. They’d rather be alone for a

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The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

Across many African literary traditions, the boundaries between the living and the dead, the seen and the unseen, are fluid rather than fixed. Ancestors, spirits, dreams, and myth are not simply fantastical devices but are unremarkable facts of lived realities,

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