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Draft Riots, Tammany Hall, and a Fire at Barnum’s Museum: The Birth of the NYC Fire Department

Draft Riots, Tammany Hall, and a Fire at Barnum’s Museum: The Birth of the NYC Fire Department

Brian McDonald on the Transition from a Patchwork of Volunteer Departments to a Modern Force

By Brian McDonald | September 9, 2022

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 9, 2022

A Poem by Jenny Xie

A Poem by Jenny Xie

From the New Collection The Rupture Tense

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Given YouTube’s World Domination, Should the Google-Owned Platform Be More Aggressively Regulated?

Given YouTube’s World Domination, Should the Google-Owned Platform Be More Aggressively Regulated?

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By Keen On | September 9, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Agate Publishing

Interview with an Indie Press: Agate Publishing

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How the Gay Son of First-Generation Peruvian Immigrants Became One of the Most Influential People in Silicon Valley

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Do We Need a Support Group? How Translation Can—and Should—Be a Collective Effort

Do We Need a Support Group? How Translation Can—and Should—Be a Collective Effort

Michele Huchison on Creating and Maintaining Literary Community

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Beyond the Colonial Gaze: Readings From Contemporary Nigeria

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What the Escape Fantasies of Tech Billionaires Reveal About Our Apocalyptic Age

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David Suzuki on the Urgency of Scientific Education in an Era of Climate Emergency

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