WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

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On the Challenges of Writing About Death

On the Challenges of Writing About Death

Annie Lyons: "I wanted to give a voice to the discussions I wish I’d had with my own mum."

By Annie Lyons | September 22, 2020

Life, Love, and Beowulf in the Deep South's Most Literary Small Town

Life, Love, and Beowulf in the Deep South's Most Literary Small Town

Lawrence Wells on the Day He Met His True Love in Oxford, Mississippi

By Lawrence Wells | September 22, 2020

Capitalism is Killing Us (But It<br> Doesn't Have To)

Capitalism is Killing Us (But It
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A Conversation Between C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, and Robert Pollin

By C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, and Robert Pollin | September 22, 2020

Writing a History of a Pandemic During a Pandemic

Writing a History of a Pandemic During a Pandemic

Jon Sternfeld On Collective Memory and History as Instruction

By Jon Sternfeld | September 22, 2020

"Walking Each Other Home"

A Poem by Barbara Kingsolver

By Barbara Kingsolver | September 22, 2020

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Lucille Clifton Didn't Just Write Poems. She Inhabited Them.

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Everybody's a Socialist. What Happened?

Everybody's a Socialist. What Happened?

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Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Géraldine Schwarz Reckons With Her Family's WWII History

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The Poet Who Had No Time<br> for Tragedy

The Poet Who Had No Time
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Dan Beachy-Quick on Anacreon the Greek's Lyrics of Drunken Love

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