Read from the 2020 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2020 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the Aztec Empire to the Birth of Modern Greece, Some of the Best in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 14, 2020

The Accidental Hobby: On the Books That Made Me a Birder

The Accidental Hobby: On the Books That Made Me a Birder

How Julia Zarankin Found Herself in Franzen Territory

By Julia Zarankin | October 14, 2020

Susan Choi: 'Have a Very Large Storage System for All That Garbage'

Susan Choi: 'Have a Very Large Storage System for All That Garbage'

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 14, 2020

Insider or Outsider? A Brief History of the Classification of Black Music

Insider or Outsider? A Brief History of the Classification of Black Music

Anaïs Duplan on Popular Language, Outside Figures, and the Struggle for Recognition

By Anaïs Duplan | October 14, 2020

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on
the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | October 14, 2020

Journalist Nomi Prins Explains That $7 Trillion the Fed Magically Created

Journalist Nomi Prins Explains That $7 Trillion the Fed Magically Created

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 14, 2020

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How a Young John Brown Became the Legendary Militant Abolitionist

By H.W. Brands | October 14, 2020

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Burlesque Star Immodesty Blaize on Starting Her Career in Soho

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | October 14, 2020

Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

From Kim Ghattas's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Black Wave

By Kim Ghattas | October 14, 2020

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

From Richard M. Eaton's Cundill Prize-Nominated
India in the Persianate Age

By Richard M. Eaton | October 14, 2020

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

From Rashid Khalidi's Cundill Prize-Nominated
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

By Rashid Khalidi | October 14, 2020

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

From Roderick Beaton Greece's Cundill-Prize Nominated Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

By Roderick Beaton | October 14, 2020

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

From Vincent Brown's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Tacky’s Revolt

By Vincent Brown | October 14, 2020

The Little Known History of a Secret 17th-Century British Conspiracy Group

The Little Known History of a Secret 17th-Century British Conspiracy Group

From Paul Lay's Cundill-Prize Nominated Providence Lost

By Paul Lay | October 14, 2020

How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

From Claudio Saunt's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Unworthy Republic

By Claudio Saunt | October 14, 2020

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