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The Car Culture That's Helping Destroy the Planet Was By No Means Inevitable

On the Relentless Campaign to Force Americans to Accept the Automobile

By Jeff Sparrow | November 27, 2019

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Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

Thomas Lynch on Breaking Bread with the Dead, and Old Catholic Traditions

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How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

Caroline Louise Walker on Celebrating a Very Important New Arrival

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Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

Allan Metcalf on the Evolving Legacy of Guy Fawkes

By Allan Metcalf | November 27, 2019

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

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By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 27, 2019

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The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

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Of Bohumil Hrabal's Six Loves, Guess How Many Were Cats?

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