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First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

First Lady of Space: How Sally Ride Became A Household Name Overnight

Loren Grush on the Media Circus Surrounding America's First Women Astronauts

By Loren Grush | September 14, 2023

How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

Hannah Carlson Explores the History of Women's Pockets

By Hannah Carlson | September 12, 2023

The Remarkable Story of the Horsewomen Warriors of Afghanistan

The Remarkable Story of the Horsewomen Warriors of Afghanistan

Pardis Mahdavi on Unearthing a Story of Ferocity and Survival

By Pardis Mahdavi | September 11, 2023

“Out of Time’s Monotone”: The Literary Life of the French Riviera

“Out of Time’s Monotone”: The Literary Life of the French Riviera

Jonathan Miles on a Haven for Indolent Aristocracy and Creative Types Alike

By Jonathan Miles | September 6, 2023

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Notions of "Wilderness:" Nine Essential Books About the American Frontier

Peter Stark Recommends Debra Magpie Earling, William Kittredge, Willa Cather, and More

By Peter Stark | September 5, 2023

How <em>The Odyssey</em> Helped My Father and Me to Grow

How The Odyssey Helped My Father and Me to Grow

Daniel Mendelsohn on His Father and Making Lessons That Live On

By Daniel Mendelsohn | September 1, 2023

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How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

By Keith Houston | August 31, 2023

Beyond Tortured Genius: Science and Conscience in Two Rediscovered Oppenheimer Films

By Lauren Carroll Harris | August 31, 2023

On the "Inverted Cosmos"—From Aristotle to the Middle Ages

By William Egginton | August 30, 2023

Did J.D. Salinger Wield Copyright as Self-Protection?

Did J.D. Salinger Wield Copyright as Self-Protection?

"Copyright protections can stop a work from being copied, pirated, poached. They can't stop it from being misunderstood."

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 30, 2023

How Obscenity Laws Nearly Stopped Nabokov's <em>Lolita</em> from Being Published

How Obscenity Laws Nearly Stopped Nabokov's Lolita from Being Published

Thomas Harding on the Legendary Editor George Weidenfeld, Literary Smuggling, and Morality in Fiction

By Thomas Harding | August 29, 2023

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Jenni Nuttall Considers the Earliest Written References to Menstruation

By Jenni Nuttall | August 29, 2023

The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

Shaenon K. Garrity Takes Roll Call, from Agatha Christie to Harriet the Spy

By Shaenon K. Garrity | August 25, 2023

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Christina Lamb on the Widespread Practice of Sexual Violence During Wartime

By Christina Lamb | August 25, 2023

How the Vietnam War Accelerated Generational Divides in America

How the Vietnam War Accelerated Generational Divides in America

Drew Gilpin Faust on the Gradual Radicalization of Anti-War Student Activism

By Drew Gilpin Faust | August 24, 2023

How the Folkloric Sounds of Rural America Reached the Mainstream

How the Folkloric Sounds of Rural America Reached the Mainstream

John Szwed on Harry Everett Smith and the Making of The Anthology of American Folk Music

By John Szwed | August 23, 2023

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