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How W. E. B. Du Bois Helped Pioneer African American Humanist Thought

How W. E. B. Du Bois Helped Pioneer African American Humanist Thought

Christopher Cameron on the Complex Relationship Between Black Americans and the Black Church

By Christopher Cameron | July 27, 2023

Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Anne Boyd Rioux Considers How We Tell the Stories of Picasso’s Mistresses

By Anne Boyd Rioux | July 26, 2023

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Anne Whitehouse Tells the Story of the Little Longfellow War

By Anne Whitehouse | July 24, 2023

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

“Even if you didn’t think you could do something, he believed you could, and then you did.”

By Ann Magnuson | July 20, 2023

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

“Creating for more than the white gaze or the male gaze was the goal.”

By Mikki Kendall | July 20, 2023

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Andrew Leland on His Own Weakening Vision, Braille, and Making a Commitment to Read with Visual Aids

By Andrew Leland | July 18, 2023

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Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

By Read Smart | July 18, 2023

Hiding In Plain Sight: Patrick Gale on the Life and Work of Poet Charles Causley

By Patrick Gale | July 18, 2023

Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

By Keen On | July 18, 2023

The Complicated Afterlives of <br>Roberto Bolaño

The Complicated Afterlives of
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Twenty Years After His Death, Aaron Shulman Unpacks the Legacy of the Chilean Poet and Novelist

By Aaron Shulman | July 17, 2023

James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

The Author of 1599 on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | July 13, 2023

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

William J. Mann on the Movie Star’s Memoirs

By William J. Mann | July 12, 2023

Benyamin Cohen on the Cultural Ubiquity of Albert Einstein, the World’s Favorite Genius

Benyamin Cohen on the Cultural Ubiquity of Albert Einstein, the World’s Favorite Genius

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2023

Rory Green on Her Mother, International Bestselling Novelist Jackie Collins

Rory Green on Her Mother, International Bestselling Novelist Jackie Collins

“Amidst all the heady swirl of success, she kept her feet on the ground and made certain ours were also.”

By Rory Green | July 11, 2023

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

Inside a New Volume Reproducing the Original Manuscript
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Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

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