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On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

Nathaniel Philbrick Follows in the Footsteps of George Washington on Western Long Island

By Nathaniel Philbrick | September 20, 2021

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

David Rieff on the Novelist Aleksandar Tišma, Whose Writing Was an Antidote to Banality and Kitsch

By David Rieff | September 20, 2021

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

Aruni Kashyap Finds Defiance and Potential in Tradition of the Testimonio

By Aruni Kashyap | September 20, 2021

Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

Steven Reigns on the Case of Dentist David Acer

By Steven Reigns | September 20, 2021

Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of <em>Frankenstein</em> just set a world auction record.

Proof goth is not dead: A first edition of Frankenstein just set a world auction record.

By Walker Caplan | September 17, 2021

“The Voltaire of Central Park West.” On Herman Mankiewicz’s Early Days at the Algonquin Round Table

“The Voltaire of Central Park West.” On Herman Mankiewicz’s Early Days at the Algonquin Round Table

Nick Davis Traces the Pre-Hollywood Ambitions of the Iconic Screenwriter

By Nick Davis | September 17, 2021

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Lessons Not Yet Learned: How Post-Civil War Reconstruction Never Ended

By Eric Foner | September 17, 2021

How a Valencian Knight—Along with Chaucer—Influenced the Culture of Conquistadores

By Fernando Cervantes | September 17, 2021

How Ancient Chinese Philosophical Frameworks Dictated the Politics of Water

By Giulio Boccaletti | September 17, 2021

William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 17, 2021

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 17, 2021

Tragic Architecture: A History of the World Trade Center and the Unluckiest Architect You’ve Never Heard Of

Tragic Architecture: A History of the World Trade Center and the Unluckiest Architect You’ve Never Heard Of

This Week from the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | September 17, 2021

Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

In Conversation with GP Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 17, 2021

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

By Walker Caplan | September 16, 2021

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000... <br>But Was it Stolen?

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000...
But Was it Stolen?

Jen DeGregorio Investigates the Curious Case of a Great Poet’s Hair

By Jen DeGregorio | September 16, 2021

Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

Eric Pallant Investigates Our Desire for the Authentically Homemade

By Eric Pallant | September 16, 2021

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