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Why Walt Whitman Wrote <em>Leaves of Grass</em>

Why Walt Whitman Wrote Leaves of Grass

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 6, 2022

How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have Been Written By a Latin American Novelist

How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have Been Written By a Latin American Novelist

Ada Ferrer in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 6, 2022

On the Dangers of Greatness: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich

On the Dangers of Greatness: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich

“We simply have to overcome this threat.”

By José Vergara | June 3, 2022

How <em>Hacks</em> Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

How Hacks Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

Alison B. Hart on the Sophomore Season of HBO Max’s Biting Comedy

By Alison B. Hart | June 3, 2022

What an Archive of Testimonials Tells Us About Abortion Before <em>Roe</em>

What an Archive of Testimonials Tells Us About Abortion Before Roe

Rosa Campbell on the Association to Repeal Abortion Laws

By Rosa Campbell | June 3, 2022

How 19th-Century Gun-Makers Helped Preserve the Union

How 19th-Century Gun-Makers Helped Preserve the Union

John Bainbridge, Jr. on the Weapons That Won the Civil War

By John Bainbridge, Jr. | June 3, 2022

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How the Mothers of MLK, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped America

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How Ida B. Wells Campaigned to Expose the Lies Behind the Lynchings

By Philip Dray | June 2, 2022

How Empirical Databases Have Changed Our Understanding of Early American Slavery

How Empirical Databases Have Changed Our Understanding of Early American Slavery

David Hackett Fischer on New Tools of Truth-Seeking

By David Hackett Fischer | June 2, 2022

Phil Klay: “Killing a Guy is Not the Same as Having a Coherent Military Policy.”

Phil Klay: “Killing a Guy is Not the Same as Having a Coherent Military Policy.”

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By Book Dreams | June 2, 2022

“The Díaz Administration Is a Den of Thieves.” Political Activism in Turn-of-the-Century Mexico

“The Díaz Administration Is a Den of Thieves.” Political Activism in Turn-of-the-Century Mexico

Kelly Lytle Hernández on the Road to Revolution

By Kelly Lytle Hernández | June 2, 2022

Bill McKibben Reckons with the Glorified American History of His Boyhood

Bill McKibben Reckons with the Glorified American History of His Boyhood

On the Myths and Truths of the American Revolution

By Bill McKibben | June 1, 2022

Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

Andreas Kilcher on the “Grotesque, Carnivalesque” Inventions

By Andreas Kilcher | June 1, 2022

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

The Author of The Evening Hero in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | June 1, 2022

The Myth of the Rapid Mobility of European Immigrants

The Myth of the Rapid Mobility of European Immigrants

Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan on the Data Illusion of the Rags-to-Riches Stories

By Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan | June 1, 2022

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