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Bad Curls, Bad Character: <br>The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Bad Curls, Bad Character:
The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

By Sarah Gold McBride | June 9, 2025

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Jaha Nailah Avery on the Significance of Addy Walker

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From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

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By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

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The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

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Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

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Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Nonfiction Book

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Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

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Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

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Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

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