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When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right?

When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right?

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on the Deciding Factors Behind the Tech Billionaire's Political Shift

By Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff | April 20, 2026

On the Unique and Ongoing Relationship Between Bob Dylan and the Beatles

On the Unique and Ongoing Relationship Between Bob Dylan and the Beatles

Jim Windolf Explores the Lengthy History (And Present) Between the Cultural Icons

By Jim Windolf | April 20, 2026

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Antony Beevor on the Enigmatic Spiritualist Who Enchanted Russian High Society and Changed the Course of History

By Antony Beevor | April 17, 2026

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s <em>Picture of Nobody</em>

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s Picture of Nobody

Allen Bratton Considers the Timelessness of the Artist's Struggle For Relevance and Survival

By Allen Bratton | April 13, 2026

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

David Farrier Revisits Basil Bunting’s Classic, “Briggflatts”

By David Farrier | April 9, 2026

In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

In Which Robert Leleux Reads an Alarming Number of Biographies About Rich, White Americans

By Robert Leleux | April 3, 2026

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How Legendary Filmmakers Funded Their Creative Lives

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Mason Currey on Making a Living Through Making Art

By Mason Currey | March 31, 2026

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences

By Ricardo Wilson II | March 27, 2026

How William Kennedy Turned a Bedtime Story For His Four-Year-Old Into a Publishing Sensation

How William Kennedy Turned a Bedtime Story For His Four-Year-Old Into a Publishing Sensation

Stephanie Gorton Talks to the Legendary Author of Ironweed About the Making of Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine

By Stephanie Gorton | March 26, 2026

Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Veronica Buckley on Revolutionary Europe’s First Family

By Veronica Buckley | March 26, 2026

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Geoff Bennett on the Evolving Role of Black Comedy in Hollywood

By Geoff Bennett | March 25, 2026

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

By Brittany Allen | March 24, 2026

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s <em> Love Story. </em>

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s Love Story.

A Kennedy-curious reading list.

By Brittany Allen | March 23, 2026

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