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The Forgotten Father of Romantic Environmentalism

The Forgotten Father of Romantic Environmentalism

Alexander von Humboldt Influenced Everyone from Darwin to Whitman

By Andrea Wulf | November 1, 2018

Hunter S. Thompson, James Salter, and a Drunken Trip to Kentucky

Hunter S. Thompson, James Salter, and a Drunken Trip to Kentucky

Early Adventures in Gonzo Journalism and Mint Juleps

By Timothy Denevi | October 30, 2018

The Painting That Took 22 Years to Finish

The Painting That Took 22 Years to Finish

On the Patience of Cy Twombly

By Joshua Rivkin | October 26, 2018

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

"I finally stopped trying to be part of white society."

By Raymond Arsenault | September 26, 2018

How the Great Lorraine Hansberry Tried To Make Sense of it All

How the Great Lorraine Hansberry Tried To Make Sense of it All

On an Important American Writer, About Whom We Know Far Too Little

By Imani Perry | September 18, 2018

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

“Today is when we find out who’s a football player.”

By Albert Samaha | September 17, 2018

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When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

By David Auerbach | August 31, 2018

Javier Marías on the Pain of Drifting Apart from Old Friends

By Javier Marías | August 30, 2018

On the Birth of Princess Margaret and the Rise of Astrology as We Know It

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The Man Who Put Premature Babies in Carnival Sideshows

The Man Who Put Premature Babies in Carnival Sideshows

Martin Couney May Not Have Had Medical Credentials, But He Saved Thousands

By Dawn Raffel | August 3, 2018

When Wilde Met Whitman

When Wilde Met Whitman

As He Told a Friend Years Later, "The Kiss of Walt Whitman is Still on My Lips"

By Michèle Mendelssohn | July 16, 2018

David Lynch on the Dark Side of Fifties Suburbia

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Bombs, Bullets, and Amputated Feet, Obviously

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He Holds Up a Lantern for the Rest of Us: Ann Patchett on Donald Hall

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Reading Through the Notes for Peter Matthiessen's Would-Be Autobiography

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Jeff Wheelwright on the Life and Underrated Writing of His Adventuring Uncle

By Jeff Wheelwright | June 21, 2018

The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia's Fracking Boom

The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia's Fracking Boom

America's Answer to Energy Scarcity Has Always Been to Dig Deeper

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Diamond Dogs">On the Diamond Dogs">

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