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Svetlana Alexievich on Why She Does What She Does

Svetlana Alexievich on Why She Does What She Does

A Nobel Laureate at the Beginning of Her Career

By Svetlana Alexievich | July 27, 2017

The Invention of the Rural Hipster

The Invention of the Rural Hipster

On the Gaskins, Going Back to the Land, and Old Time American Wisdom

By John T. Edge | July 24, 2017

Judging Evil: At the Birthplace of International Justice

Judging Evil: At the Birthplace of International Justice

Philippe Sands on the History of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

By Philippe Sands | July 11, 2017

The American Artist Who's Been Drawing Interwar Berlin for 23 Years

The American Artist Who's Been Drawing Interwar Berlin for 23 Years

Comics Creator Jason Lutes on a Project That's Spanned Half his Life

By Daniel A. Gross | July 7, 2017

Illuminating Forgotten History with the Bright Light of Fiction

Illuminating Forgotten History with the Bright Light of Fiction

Dave Boling Follows a Thread of Family History to Tell Untold Stories

By Dave Boling | June 23, 2017

Why Has No One Ever Heard of the World's First Poet?

Why Has No One Ever Heard of the World's First Poet?

Enheduanna is Revered by Ancient Alien Conspiracy Theorists—But Few Others

By Charles Halton | June 22, 2017

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Bich Nguyen Contemplates the Fall of Saigon, and Everything After

By Beth Nguyen | May 1, 2017

Performing <em>Hamlet</em> in a Sandstorm at a Syrian Refugee Camp

Performing Hamlet in a Sandstorm at a Syrian Refugee Camp

"This was fear of God, of the end of days, not of a weather event"

By Dominic Dromgoole | April 21, 2017

The Witches of Suburbia

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Good Witches Get Domesticated; Wicked Witches Are Made an Example

By Willem De Blécourt | April 14, 2017

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

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Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

War Leaders, Druid Priests, Poets, Lovers, and Mothers of their People

By Philip Freeman | April 10, 2017

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