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Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Jackie Kay on the Life, Nuanced Legacy, and Celebrity of the Empress of the Blues

By Jackie Kay | September 23, 2021

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

Nancy Goldstone Recounts the Freedom of Life Before Marriage to Louis XVI

By Nancy Goldstone | September 23, 2021

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By Book Marks | September 23, 2021

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 23, 2021

Megan Abbott on the Tortured, Insular Worlds of Ballet and Gymnastics

Megan Abbott on the Tortured, Insular Worlds of Ballet and Gymnastics

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Where Intimacy Meets Tactility: Artists and Publishers on the Nature of the Photobook

Where Intimacy Meets Tactility: Artists and Publishers on the Nature of the Photobook

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By Josiah Hesse | September 23, 2021

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Princess Margaret: “We had to put a stop to it. Every tart in London was getting in.”

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Connor Towne O’Neill on the Ugly Legacy of White Supremacy

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Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain’s Imperialistic Foundations

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<em>Napoleon</em> by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

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By Behind the Mic | September 23, 2021

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WATCH: Mansoor Adayfi and Antonio Aiello on Reckoning With and Understanding Guantánamo

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