Scribner

How Witches Shifted from Daily Healers to Heretics and Dangerous Women Under Christian Rule

Marion Gibson on Why Public Perceptions of Witchcraft Changed in the 15th Century

 
By Marion Gibson  January 22, 2024
Recovery

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

By Annie Liontas  January 18, 2024
Literary History

When Publishing F. Scott Fitzgerald is the Family Business

By Charles Scribner III  November 28, 2023
Early Russian Literature

How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

By Irina Zhorov  November 1, 2023
Music history

The Beatles Adventures in the Red-Light District: On George Harrison’s First Time

By Philip Norman  October 26, 2023
Daily Fiction

Let Us Descend

By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 24, 2023
The Craft of Writing

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

By Beth Nguyen   September 22, 2023
Poems

“Everyone’s An Expert At Something,” a Poem by Sam Sax

By Sam Sax  September 19, 2023
Astronauts

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

By Loren Grush  September 14, 2023
Poetry

Elaine Equi on Poetry as a Spiritual Practice and a Universal Language

By Elaine Equi  September 5, 2023
Baillie Gifford Prize

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

By Christina Lamb  August 25, 2023
Personal History

Letting a Psychic Into the Space Between Me and My Mother

By Kyo Maclear  August 23, 2023
Daily Fiction

Lost Believers

By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 11, 2023
Research

Finding Good Advice in World War II-Era Women’s Magazines

By AJ Pearce  August 8, 2023
Religion

What John Milton’s Heaven Has to Offer the Soul—According to Ken Jennings

By Ken Jennings  July 20, 2023
Daily Fiction

“How I Fell in Love With the Well-Documented Life of Alex Whelan”

By Lit Hub Excerpts  July 14, 2023
Behind the novel

How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

By Ethan Joella  June 21, 2023
Essays

It’s Not Personal: Sarah Viren on Essayistic Visions of the Self

By Sarah Viren  June 13, 2023
Photography

What is An American Childhood?
A Photographic Study

By Todd Brewster  June 5, 2023
Bookstores

The Village Bookstore: Alba Donati on Returning to Her Rural Tuscan Roots

By Alba Donati  May 31, 2023
European History

When One of the World’s Largest Flying Machines Crashed in a French Field

By S. C. Gwynne  May 22, 2023
Shakespeare

Hideous Shakespeare: On Courting Ugliness in Portraiture

By Lee Durkee  April 17, 2023
Cultural Identity

An Interrogation of Identity as a Hyphenated Man

By Omer Aziz  April 13, 2023
Antarctica

Why Should We Care About Penguins?

By Naira de Gracia  April 7, 2023
Medical history

“The Miracle Cure.” A Brief History of Lobotomies

By Jeffrey A. Lieberman  February 21, 2023
Manifestoes

In Search of Clear, Night Skies: On Preserving Earth’s Darkest Places

By Johan Eklöf  February 15, 2023
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