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In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

Morten Høi Jensen on the Devastation of an Idea

By Morten Høi Jensen | October 7, 2019

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Adele Logan Alexander on Researching Her Mixed Heritage

By Adele Logan Alexander | October 7, 2019

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

Bill Mullen on The Welcome Table and No Papers for Muhammad

By Bill V. Mullen | October 4, 2019

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

On the Curious Case of Ann Petry

By Jean-Christophe Cloutier | October 4, 2019

The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Jazz Age Heiress Who Witnessed WWII Up Close

The Life and Times of Gertrude Legendre, No Ordinary Socialite

By Peter Finn | September 24, 2019

Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

On the Highs and Lows of Art and Life

By Benjamin Moser | September 19, 2019

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On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

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The US Tour That Made Gertrude Stein a Household Name

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On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

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Fadhil al-Azzawi, a Countercultural Literary Force

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Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

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From Tarot Readings on Book Tour, to a Medium for Pets

By Laura van den Berg | September 11, 2019

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

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"To this day, the name Hotel Barba fills me with dread and nostalgia."

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On Fritz Zwicky's Attempts to Assimilate in America

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The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

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Goodbye, Catalonia

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Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

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The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

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