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David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | October 21, 2022

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

Rupert Christiansen on the Modernization of Ballet

By Rupert Christiansen | October 19, 2022

“A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

“A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

Natasha Lasky Explores the Criticism and Dismissal of the Pop Star’s Many Registers

By Natasha Lasky | October 17, 2022

On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

Simon Morrison in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 14, 2022

What Makes a “Great” Banker? The Story of Edmond Safra, One of the Greatest Bankers of the 20th Century

What Makes a “Great” Banker? The Story of Edmond Safra, One of the Greatest Bankers of the 20th Century

Daniel Gross in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 14, 2022

The Naturalist’s Gaze: What Charles Darwin Saw in Tahiti

The Naturalist’s Gaze: What Charles Darwin Saw in Tahiti

Diana Preston on the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Imperial Power in the South Pacific

By Diana Preston | October 13, 2022

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The Waning Years of Edward Hopper

By Richard Lacayo | October 13, 2022

What Made Samuel Adams Both the Most Essential and the Least Understood Founding Father

By Keen On | October 13, 2022

Examining Charles Darwin’s Soul: A Singular Case of Biophilia

By Keen On | October 12, 2022

Nina Totenberg on Her Long Friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Nina Totenberg on Her Long Friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Her Loyalty, “Incredible Timing,” and More

By Nina Totenberg | October 6, 2022

Sex and the 16th Century: How John Donne Learned To Write Love Poetry

Sex and the 16th Century: How John Donne Learned To Write Love Poetry

Katherine Rundell on Love and Literature in the Elizabethan Era

By Katherine Rundell | October 5, 2022

The Pulse of American Life: On Emily Post’s Evolving Legacy

The Pulse of American Life: On Emily Post’s Evolving Legacy

“She was the source for American etiquette and manners advice.”

By Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning | October 5, 2022

<em>For Us All</em> Act I: On Fred Korematsu’s Conviction—and the Fight to Overturn it 40 Years Later

For Us All Act I: On Fred Korematsu’s Conviction—and the Fight to Overturn it 40 Years Later

Featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection from LA Theatre Works

By Audiobook Break | October 4, 2022

What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

Douglas Dreishpoon on the Reflections of an Iconic Artist

By Douglas Dreishpoon | October 3, 2022

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

Chiara Barzini on the Vibrant Poems of the Late Italian Poet

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

Annie Ernaux on the “Infinite Lack” in Our Search for Love

Annie Ernaux on the “Infinite Lack” in Our Search for Love

“Passion fills life to bursting.”

By Annie Ernaux | September 27, 2022

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