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Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812

By Sylvain Tesson | November 21, 2019

On the Great Secret-Keepers<br> of History

On the Great Secret-Keepers
of History

Do Archivists Have Political Motivations Too?

By Courtney Taylor | November 21, 2019

When the Baby Penguins Come<br> Into the World

When the Baby Penguins Come
Into the World

Lindsay McCrae on Filming New Life in Antarctica

By Lindsay McCrae | November 21, 2019

Deborah Levy on the Duplicity of Sentences

Deborah Levy on the Duplicity of Sentences

The Author of The Man Who Saw Everything on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | November 21, 2019

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>?

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the Epic of Gilgamesh?

The Longest Poem-in-Progress of All Time...

By Michael Schmidt | November 21, 2019

Piecing Together the Lives<br> of Enslaved Americans

Piecing Together the Lives
of Enslaved Americans

Rachel May Traces the Warp and Weft of History Through Fabric

By Rachel May | November 21, 2019

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An Ode to Women Who Walk,
From Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig

By Lizzy Stewart | November 21, 2019

How Do We Ultimately Escape Our Family Secrets?

By Just the Right Book | November 21, 2019

When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 21, 2019

<em>LIC Reading Series Podcast</em>: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, and Keith Gessen Panel Discussion

LIC Reading Series Podcast: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, and Keith Gessen Panel Discussion

Onstage Conversations at the LIC Reading Series

By LIC Reading Series | November 21, 2019

On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid

On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid

Nina MacLaughlin is Seeing Green

By Nina MacLaughlin | November 20, 2019

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

On Chris Stevens and the Risks Taken by Ambassadors Abroad

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

How the Vietnam War Changed<br> Political Poetry

How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

The Debutante Ball in the Global <br>Age of Instagram

The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram

On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame

By Kristen Richardson | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...<em>The Wiz</em>

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...The Wiz

Musicals Never Died, They Only Evolved

By Jeanine Basinger | November 20, 2019

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