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Meet Laddie Boy: The First Celebrity Presidential Pet

Meet Laddie Boy: The First Celebrity Presidential Pet

On President Warren G. Harding’s Airedale Terrier

By Andrew Hager | August 10, 2022

From Poison Control Statutes to Pope Pius IX: The History of Anti-Abortion Law

From Poison Control Statutes to Pope Pius IX: The History of Anti-Abortion Law

To Say Abortion is Not “Deeply Rooted” in American History is Wrong

By Elisabeth Griffith | August 10, 2022

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Unraveling Her Memoir (and Listening to Her Mother)

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Unraveling Her Memoir (and Listening to Her Mother)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on the Otherppl Podcast

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 10, 2022

An Existential Physicist Answers Life’s Biggest Questions: Does God Exist? Is There Life in the Universe? Are We Living In a Simulated Reality?

An Existential Physicist Answers Life’s Biggest Questions: Does God Exist? Is There Life in the Universe? Are We Living In a Simulated Reality?

Sabine Hossenfelder in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 10, 2022

Endnotes on Family: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and More Voices from <em>Thresholds</em>

Endnotes on Family: Crystal Hana Kim, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard

By Thresholds | August 10, 2022

Kiki Petrosino on Race and Where “Brightness” Begins

Kiki Petrosino on Race and Where “Brightness” Begins

Telling the Story of an Interracial Family

By Kiki Petrosino | August 10, 2022

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Ali Millar Reads from The Last Days

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | August 10, 2022

Is Technology... Bad? Samit Basu and Joma West on the Anxieties of Our Era

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | August 10, 2022

What Should We Be Celebrating on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples?

By Keen On | August 10, 2022

<em>Lucky Turtle</em> by Bill Roorbach, Read by Brittany Pressley

Lucky Turtle by Bill Roorbach, Read by Brittany Pressley

A Transporting Novel of Hardship, Love, and Redemption

By Behind the Mic | August 10, 2022

Why the American

Why the American "Retreat" From Afghanistan Was a Giant Fuck-Up And How It Represents the Final Act of a Classic Five-Part Tragedy

Elliot Ackerman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 9, 2022

“The Mirage.” A New Poem by Charles Simic

“The Mirage.” A New Poem by Charles Simic

From His New Collection No Land in Sight

By Charles Simic | August 9, 2022

A Party Where the Host Dislikes All the Guests: Revisiting <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

A Party Where the Host Dislikes All the Guests: Revisiting Mrs Dalloway

This Week on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | August 9, 2022

Christina Lamb on the Remarkable Life and Boundless Determination of War Correspondent Virginia Cowles

Christina Lamb on the Remarkable Life and Boundless Determination of War Correspondent Virginia Cowles

“Cowles’s encounters with all the key players have led some to describe her as the Forrest Gump of journalism.”

By Christina Lamb | August 9, 2022

Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

Joey Sweeney Finds the Eternal Jerry Alive and Well on YouTube

By Joey Sweeney | August 9, 2022

Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

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