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Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Aram Mrjoian Explores the Tension Between Responsibility to History and a Writer’s Creative Vision

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

Brando Simeo Starkey on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, Racism, and Federal Power

By Brando Simeo Starkey | June 5, 2025

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

David Rooney on John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, Two Fearless Aviators Forgotten by History

By David Rooney | June 5, 2025

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Mark Kriegel on Tyson’s Unstable Childhood, Lorna Mae, and the Fighter’s Historic Obsession

By Mark Kriegel | June 4, 2025

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

Maggie Stiefvater: “Here is another way luxury differs from wealth. Wealth does what you tell it to. Luxury surprises you.”

By Maggie Stiefvater | June 4, 2025

How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers

How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers

Claire Lynch on the Legacy of Section 28 and the Parallels With Current Book Bans Across the Pond

By Claire Lynch | June 3, 2025

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Nothing is Promised: What Our Current Fragile Peace Reveals About the Forces of History

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Maria Hummel on the Contemporary Echoes of a 19th Century Power Struggle Between Professors, Students, and the State

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Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

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Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More

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Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

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Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons Track the Evolution of America's Fixation

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A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

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Allison Buccola Complicates Some of Popular Culture's Common Narratives About Cults

By Allison Buccola | May 20, 2025

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Jesse Browner Explores Why the Core Rules of Fiction Still Apply in Stories of the Past

By Jesse Browner | May 20, 2025

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

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Madeleine Thien on Using Fiction to Find the Many Rooms Within Ourselves

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