• Style

    Fashion History

    How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

    Hannah Carlson Explores the History of Women's Pockets

     
    By Hannah Carlson  September 12, 2023
    Queer History

    How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

    By Tara Isabella Burton  June 27, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

    By Emily Grosvenor  June 20, 2023
    Character Development

    How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

    By Claudia Cravens  June 20, 2023
    Lit Hub Radio

    Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

    By Keen On  June 5, 2023
    Trans History

    How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

    By Grace Lavery  May 31, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Fashion

    The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

    By Dominique Roques  May 22, 2023
    Motherhood

    On QAnon and the Toxic Longing to Be Part of Something As a Mom

    By Sara Petersen  April 28, 2023
    The Writing Life

    Do Writers Fetishize Their Tools Too Much… Or Not Enough?

    By Tobias Carroll  April 21, 2023
    Art and Writing

    What Do Writers Do On Instagram?

    From Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew O'Hagan, Kamila Shamsie and More

    By Literary Hub  August 25, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Real Star of North by Northwest is Cary Grant’s Suit

    By Todd McEwen  March 7, 2023
    When I’m Not Writing

    A Stitch Between Reality and Imagination: Thao Thai on Sewing and Summoning Possibility

    By Thao Thai  February 27, 2023
    Remembrances

    Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer

    By Colin Groundwater  February 7, 2023
    Celebrities

    Sweating in Public: On Jane Fonda’s Dance Aerobics Empire and Progressive Politics

    Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Considers the Cult of Celebrity-Approved Exercise

    By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela  February 3, 2023
    Fashion

    Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

    By Federico Chiara  December 19, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home by Marie Kondo, Read by Traci Kato-Kiriyama

    By Behind the Mic   December 16, 2022
    Dressing Up

    Lessons in the Multitude of Femininity From the World’s Foremost Purveyors of Butt Pads

    By Heather Radke  December 1, 2022
    Writer's Homes

    Black Culture as Design and Lifestyle: At Home with Jason Reynolds

    Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason Showcase Black America’s Modern Soulful Style

    By Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason  November 15, 2022
    The Writing Life

    “Maybe Broccoli Doesn’t Like You Either” (Lot 151) On the Allure of Joan Didion’s Objects

    By Mary Kate Frank  November 15, 2022
    When I’m Not Writing

    Part Armor and Part Theater: Kyle Lucia Wu on Curating Sartorial Courage

    By Kyle Lucia Wu  November 14, 2022
    Rock'n'roll

    “He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N’ Roll Drummer

    By Paul Sexton  October 26, 2022
    Fashion

    Thrifted Suits, Gender Anarchy, and the Power of a Writing Uniform

    Heidi Sopinka on Sartorial Experimentation

    By Heidi Sopinka  September 29, 2022
    Memoir

    A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

    By Adrienne Raphel  September 28, 2022
    Clothing

    Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

    By Julia Reed  September 26, 2022
    The Hub

    Style icon Dolly Parton is telling the inside story of her fashion journey.

    By Jonny Diamond  March 23, 2023
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