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    The Hub

    On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 24, 2021
    The Hub

    No one knows why Ambrose Bierce disappeared, but here are some theories.

    By Dan Sheehan  June 24, 2021
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    Los Angeles: City of Angels, City of Immigrants

    By Rosecrans Baldwin  June 24, 2021
    American Entertainment

    The Humble Beginnings of the American Circus

    By Les Standiford  June 24, 2021
    Women's Health

    Healthcare Has a Race—and Gender—Problem

    By Elinor Cleghorn  June 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Brontë enthusiasts have banded together to stop Sotheby’s from auctioning off rare manuscripts.

    By Walker Caplan  June 22, 2021
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    What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

    By Alex Myers  June 22, 2021
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    Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

    By Claire Heywood  June 22, 2021
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    The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

    By Mustafa Akyol  June 22, 2021
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    How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

    By Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford  June 22, 2021
    Cities

    Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

    By Literary Hub  June 21, 2021
    On Translation

    On the Diplomatic Mistranslation That Changed the Course of History

    By Anna Aslanyan  June 21, 2021
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    Our Family Stories Are the Bridge Between Nature
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    By Lauren Fox  June 21, 2021
    Graphic Memoir

    How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

    By Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez  June 18, 2021
    American Identity

    On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

    By Andrea Scrima  June 18, 2021
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    On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

    By Cal Flyn  June 18, 2021
    Racism

    On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

    By Jelani Cobb  June 18, 2021
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    The Truth About British Soldiers and Tea Time

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    The Hub

    Move over, tea controversy—turns out Jane Austen’s brother was an abolitionist.

    By Walker Caplan  June 16, 2021
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    Even Jared Kushner has a book deal now.

    By Walker Caplan  June 16, 2021
    Letters

    Death in the Present Tense: On Martha Gellhorn’s Love Letters to Ernest Hemingway

    By Janet Somerville  June 16, 2021
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    What Is the Future of Black Activist Social Movements in America?

    By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor  June 16, 2021
    Gun violence

    Personal Loss and Public Grief in the Aftermath of the Las Vegas Shooting

    By John Branch  June 16, 2021
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