“It was sickening”: Read Chekhov’s withering review of his own first play’s opening night.

“It was sickening”: Read Chekhov’s withering review of his own first play’s opening night.

By Walker Caplan | July 14, 2021

How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

Jamie Mackay on the Island’s Diverse Present and Future

By Jamie Mackay | July 14, 2021

On Makeup As a Tool for Queer Resistance

On Makeup As a Tool for Queer Resistance

Rae Nudson Considers the History of the Stonewall Raids and the Protests That Followed

By Rae Nudson | July 14, 2021

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

Scott A. Small on the Surprising Benefits of Memory Loss

By scottasmall | July 13, 2021

Take a virtual tour of Walden Pond.

Take a virtual tour of Walden Pond.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

Ilan Stavans on Belonging, Bookishness, and Memory

By Ilan Stavans | July 9, 2021

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 9, 2021

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

Lucy Jane Santos on the Most Dangerous Skincare Ingredient of the Early 20th Century

By Lucy Jane Santos | July 8, 2021

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

Julia Baird on the Long, Hard Work of Activism

By Julia Baird | July 7, 2021

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