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    The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

    By Leslie Brody  December 4, 2020
    Cover Reveal

    Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

    By Literary Hub  December 4, 2020
    Adaptations

    The Mankiewicz Brothers’ Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher’s Mank

    By Sydney Ladensohn Stern  December 4, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 4, 2020
    The Hub

    Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
    Keen On

    How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

    By Keen On  December 3, 2020
    Music

    The Doors’ John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

    By John Densmore  December 3, 2020
    Diaries

    The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

    By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  December 3, 2020
    Syrian War

    Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

    By Delphine Minoui  December 3, 2020
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    How the US Coast Guard Made a Name for Itself During WWII

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 3, 2020
    Philosophy

    The Painter and the Scientist:
    Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

    By Francesca Fiorani  December 2, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, and Nicola Davies in Conversation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 2, 2020
    Keen On

    How Do We Stop the Strongmen… Before We Get Another One in 2024?

    By Keen On  December 2, 2020
    Architecture

    One of Europe’s Great Libraries Didn’t Stand a Chance… In Either of the World Wars

    By Richard Ovenden  December 2, 2020
    Saints

    What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

    By Joe Drape  December 2, 2020
    Photography

    Visiting Babylon Boulevard, New York’s 19th-Century Bohemian Underworld

    By Stephen Berkman  December 2, 2020
    Cats

    House Cats and Wild Cats Aren’t Actually That Different

    By John Gray  December 1, 2020
    The Holocaust

    On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

    By Anna Badkhen  December 1, 2020
    Medicine

    How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

    By Paul Farmer  December 1, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

    By Lit Century   December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    On the Role of College Presidents in the Civil Rights Movement

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Do We Make Sense of Mass Atrocity?

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    American History

    Isabel Wilkerson on the Legacies of American Chattel Slavery

    By Isabel Wilkerson  November 30, 2020
    Philosophy

    The Medieval Philosopher Who Outlined the Basics of the Universe

    By Seb Falk  November 30, 2020
    War

    A Living Ghost From the Chechnyan War

    By Wojciech Jagielski  November 30, 2020
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