On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

“Insights and kinships emerge almost unbidden—called forth through juxtaposition.”

By Julia Cooke | June 1, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

By Julia Cooke | February 24, 2026

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Julia Cooke on the Lauded Character’s Imaginary Vengeance in The White Lotus

By Julia Cooke | January 27, 2023

The Story of Pan Am’s First <br>Black Stewardesses

The Story of Pan Am’s First
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Julia Cooke on Hazel Bowie and the Struggle for Open Skies

By Julia Cooke | March 2, 2021

Can an Artist Help Captive Elephants Win Legal Personhood?

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On Photographer Colleen Plumb's Collaboration with the Nonhuman Rights Project

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