• History

    Architecture

    On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

    By Paul Hendrickson  November 6, 2019
    Activism

    What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

    By Franny Nudelman  November 6, 2019
    LGBTQ History

    The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

    By Mo Rocca  November 6, 2019
    European History

    The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

    By Brendan Simms  November 5, 2019
    Abortion

    Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

    By Lindy West  November 5, 2019
    American History

    How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

    By Sherrod Brown  November 5, 2019
    Stephen Crane

    A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

    By Tobias Carroll  November 1, 2019
    Cookbooks

    Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs

    By Joshua Raff  November 1, 2019
    Historical Fiction

    Elsa Hart on Writing an 18th-Century Crime-Solving Librarian

    By New Books Network  November 1, 2019
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 31, 2019
    Magic?

    A Most Rare Compendium:
    An 18th-Century Guide to Magical Treasure Hunting?

    By Hereward Tilton  October 31, 2019
    Madness

    American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

    By Troy Rondinone  October 31, 2019
    France

    Ode to the Seine, River of Romance

    By Elaine Sciolino  October 31, 2019
    The Day of the Dead

    The Day of the Dead: Day of Masquerade and Rebellion

    By Paul Theroux  October 31, 2019
    Indigenous Rights

    In the 1960s, the US Decided My Tribe Was No Longer a Nation

    By Ada Deer  October 30, 2019
    The Artist

    Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist

    By Albert Camus  October 29, 2019
    Architecture

    Ken Follett on the Restoration of Notre Dame After the French Revolution

    By Ken Follett  October 29, 2019
    Magical Beings

    How Mermaid Stories Illustrate Complex Truths About
    Being Human

    By Cristina Bacchilega  October 25, 2019
    Art History

    On Discovering a Multimillion-Dollar Trove of Hitler’s Looted Art in a Munich Apartment

    By Mary M. Lane  October 25, 2019
    Great Depression

    Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

    By Howard Zinn  October 25, 2019
    War

    The “Hidden Armies” of Britain That Battled the Nazis

    By Olivier Wieviorka  October 25, 2019
    In Conversation

    On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a
    Post-Truth Age

    By Joanna Kavenna  October 25, 2019
    Hip Hop

    On Debbie D, One of Hip-Hop’s Legendary Pioneers

    By Kathy Iandoli  October 25, 2019
    Inspiration

    For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

    By Sasha Sagan  October 24, 2019
    European History

    How Napoleon’s Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

    By Mark Braude  October 24, 2019
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