• History

    Literary History

    On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

    By Jonny Diamond  May 19, 2020
    Literary Community

    The Creative Communities That Changed Literature Forever

    By Maggie Doherty  May 19, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    How E.M. Forster’s Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 18, 2020
    Poets

    On the City of Florence’s Struggle to Get Back Dante’s Body

    By Guy P. Raffa  May 18, 2020
    Media

    How Energy, Chaos, and a Flair for Entertainment Created Nightly News

    By Lisa Napoli  May 18, 2020
    Literary History

    Why Do Some Writers Burn Their Work?

    By Alex George  May 15, 2020
    Education

    Why Sesame Street Was a Revolutionary Force for Children’s Television

    By David Kamp  May 15, 2020
    The Cold War

    Jazz, Jeans, and Movie Stars: Joseph Brodsky on Glimpsing the West
    From Afar

    By Joseph Brodsky  May 14, 2020
    California

    On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

    By Jim Newton  May 14, 2020
    #MeToo

    What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?

    By Jay Gabler  May 14, 2020
    Economics

    How Rogue Traders Make a Fortune on Volatile Markets

    By Liam Vaughan  May 13, 2020
    The Hub

    Tiny book YouTube is the most soothing place on the internet.

    By Corinne Segal  May 12, 2020
    Baseball

    Rediscovering Lou Gehrig’s
    Lost Memoir

    By Alan D. Gaff  May 12, 2020
    Psychology

    The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

    By Franz Vesely  May 11, 2020
    Capitalism

    How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan’s Fortune

    By Susan Berfield  May 11, 2020
    Mother's Day

    How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother’s Day

    By Mira Ptacin  May 8, 2020
    WWII

    A Day for the Ages: VE Day at 75 in the Time of COVID-19

    By Catherine Grace Katz  May 8, 2020
    American Presidents

    The Year That Changed James Monroe’s Legacy Forever

    By Tim McGrath  May 7, 2020
    Plot

    Bringing Together Kaleidoscopic Plots: A Reading List

    By Anna Solomon  May 7, 2020
    Civil Rights

    My Grandfather Participated in One of America’s Deadliest Racial Conflicts

    By J. Chester Johnson  May 6, 2020
    Food

    Did the Italians Actually Teach the French the Art of the Vinaigrette?

    By Bill Buford  May 5, 2020
    Museums

    The Louvre Has Survived Wars, Uprisings and Yes, a Plague

    By James Gardner  May 5, 2020
    Conversations

    Anne Carson on Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy

    By Sarah Moore  May 4, 2020
    Reading Lists

    The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

    By Mariella Guzzoni  May 4, 2020
    Art

    At a Fabled Artist’s Colony, Ruth Asawa Found Her Voice

    By Marilyn Chase  May 4, 2020
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