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On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

Jessica Riskin on the 18th-Century French Botanist Who Changed Biology Forever

By Jessica Riskin | March 25, 2026

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

David George Haskell In Praise of a Versatile, Life-Giving Plant

By David George Haskell | March 25, 2026

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

Trevor Jackson on the Peasant Society of Early 1500s Europe

By Trevor Jackson | March 25, 2026

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Geoff Bennett on the Evolving Role of Black Comedy in Hollywood

By Geoff Bennett | March 25, 2026

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

“The ruling class knows that if you give the smartest person in the room a microphone they’re probably going to say Free Palestine.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 25, 2026

On the Complexities of Navigating Indigenous Life in a Relentlessly Modern World

On the Complexities of Navigating Indigenous Life in a Relentlessly Modern World

Irina Sadovina on the Important Lessons in Anna Nerkagi’s White Moss

By Irina Sadovina | March 25, 2026

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Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

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By Cecile Pin | March 24, 2026

Never Again? On the Death of Universalism After Gaza

Never Again? On the Death of Universalism After Gaza

Franco "Bifo" Berardi Considers the Political and Philosophical Ramifications of Israel’s Genocide

By Franco “Bifo” Berardi | March 24, 2026

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

Caroline Tracey on Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Salt Lakes

By Caroline Tracey | March 23, 2026

Pepper Basham on How <em>The Secret Garden</em> Inspired Her Love for British Literature

Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature

"I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season."

By Pepper Basham | March 23, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

Perks of Being a Reader

By Literary Hub | March 23, 2026

A Modern History of American Science and Healthcare in Four Presidential Administrations

A Modern History of American Science and Healthcare in Four Presidential Administrations

David Blumenthal and James A. Morone Consider the Legacies of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Donald Trump

By David Blumenthal and James A. Morone | March 23, 2026

Andrea Mara on Building Suspense

Andrea Mara on Building Suspense

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 23, 2026

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Finding the Poetry in Grief

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Finding the Poetry in Grief

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | March 23, 2026

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