Just in time for the United States’ controversial 250th anniversary, historian David S. Reynolds’ latest book, two ships, Helps us realize that any country that can’t agree on its origin story is destined for divisive times. two ships is about the complex, combined legacies of the landing of the Mayflower, which carried Pilgrims to Plymouth,
hHow do you feel about exclamation marks? Otherwise known as gasps, howlers, dog cocks, or screams. In his Modern English usage, Fowler said that too much usage betrays an “uneducated or unpracticed writer”. Martin Amis called them “joke badges”, and Theodor Adorno called them “soundless cymbal-crashing”. Novelist Elmore Leonard specified that you’re only allowed two
Robert Kimball, a musical theater historian and champion of the American popular song who unearthed hundreds of pieces long considered lost and helped rediscover the work of the seminal black Broadway songwriting team of Noble Sisley and Eubie Blake, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 86 years old. His death in a hospital was confirmed
From a humble farmer background to being one of the greatest legends of the automotive world,Carroll Shelby has undoubtedlyCaptured the hearts and imagination of gearheads and motorsport lovers around the world. The man had the talent to drive cars fast in a way that was unimaginable in his time and sometimes downright scary. When it
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mUseems are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore past problems and criticize them for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and call them didactic and woke. The truth is that history is full of immoral art. But how do we know it when we see it? And what, if
This first appeared in Lit Hub literary history Newsletter-Sign up here. This week, the United States turns 250 years old. It’s a milestone that brings mixed emotions given the recent direction of the country, but since this is a column about literary history, it’s a good reason to think about the history of American literature.
Natalie took my class in The Ethics of Public Biography at the CUNY Grad Center while she was getting her MFA at Brooklyn College. This was a deep dive into the ACT UP Oral History Project (www.actuporalhistory.org) So I knew he had some background. But when I read Waiting on a Friend, I immediately understood
2026 progressive american flat track Rounds 8/9 – Lima Half Mile Doubleheader Australian Tom Drain arrived at the Allen County Fairgrounds with a 20-point kicker AFT Singles Championship lead, an impressive recent record in Lima, and the all-time class wins record within reach. He left Ohio with both Lima wins, his fifth consecutive win at
Published on June 26, 2026 11:33 am When Cal Calamia stepped to the starting line of the Tokyo Marathon last March, he had already won the New York Marathon and placed second in Chicago, Boston and Berlin. So the goal was clear: add another win, and take another step toward the six-star medal awarded to