How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

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Doomsday Profiteers: On Corporate America’s Y2K Response

Doomsday Profiteers: On Corporate America’s Y2K Response

Leigh Claire La Berge Looks Back at the Digital Apocalypse That Wasn’t

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“Bookworm, Cliché, Deadline...” And Other Unexpected Etymologies

“Bookworm, Cliché, Deadline...” And Other Unexpected Etymologies

David Crystal Explores the Unlikely Stories Behind Some Common Turns of Phrase

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Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Judge, Critic, Saloniére: On Sylvia Lynd, One of the Great Literary Citizens of the 20th Century

Nicola Wilson on the Book Society, Hugh Walpole, and Lynd’s Overshadowed Author Career

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“Shakespeare in a Ring.” Hulk Hogan and the Rise of Pro Wrestling in the American Psyche

“Shakespeare in a Ring.” Hulk Hogan and the Rise of Pro Wrestling in the American Psyche

Marc Raimondi on the Terry Bollea’s McDonalds-esque Appeal

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Michael Koresky on the Influence of Catholic Moralism in the Early Days of American Film

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It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

Sally Ventura Tells the Story of 1974’s Olean, New York High School Murders

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The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

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Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

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How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

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John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

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Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

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Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

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How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

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Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

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Interdisciplinary Magic: What the Humanities Can Reveal About Scientific Pursuits

Interdisciplinary Magic: What the Humanities Can Reveal About Scientific Pursuits

Robert P. Baird on His Transformative Academic and Literary Journey From Engineer to Writer

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