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Listen to the first ever recording of James Joyce reading from <em>Ulysses</em>.

Listen to the first ever recording of James Joyce reading from Ulysses.

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2021

Remembering the Mothers of Three Iconic Civil Rights Figures

Remembering the Mothers of Three Iconic Civil Rights Figures

Anna Malaika Tubbs on the Historical Contributions of Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin, and Louise Little

By Anna Malaika Tubbs | February 2, 2021

The Lineage of Maternal Grief, from the Maryam to the Mothers of the Movement

The Lineage of Maternal Grief, from the Maryam to the Mothers of the Movement

Randa Jarrar on Mothers and Sons

By Randa Jarrar | February 1, 2021

Leave No Trace: Can We Ever Enjoy the Wilderness Without Destroying It?

Leave No Trace: Can We Ever Enjoy the Wilderness Without Destroying It?

Todd Robert Petersen on the Impossible Balancing of Preservation, Leisure, and Weirdness

By Todd Robert Petersen | January 29, 2021

Ben Hopkins on Conjuring the Power of Gothic Architecture<br> in Fiction

Ben Hopkins on Conjuring the Power of Gothic Architecture
in Fiction

The Author of Cathedral in Conversation With Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | January 29, 2021

Are We Headed Toward an Irreversible Great Depression?

Are We Headed Toward an Irreversible Great Depression?

Jessica Bruder Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 29, 2021

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Barbara Lee on What Shirley Chisholm Gave America

By Rep. Barbara Lee | January 29, 2021

Remembering Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster

By Joyce Maynard | January 28, 2021

5 Audiobook Essay Collections Ideally Suited to Your Quarantine Walks

By James Tate Hill | January 28, 2021

What If the Dunkirk Evacuation Had Failed?

What If the Dunkirk Evacuation Had Failed?

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | January 28, 2021

Reading the Literature of the Bicycle As I Learned<br> to Ride One

Reading the Literature of the Bicycle As I Learned
to Ride One

Rhian Sasseen Explores the Connection Between Person and Machine

By Rhian Sasseen | January 27, 2021

Voices of the People: On Folk Music as a Living Art Form

Voices of the People: On Folk Music as a Living Art Form

Ellen Harper Remembers Her Mother and the Gift of Making Music

By Ellen Harper | January 27, 2021

Silencing Ida B. Wells Was<br> Never Going to Happen

Silencing Ida B. Wells Was
Never Going to Happen

Michelle Duster Reflects on Her Great-Grandmother's Legacy

By Michelle Duster | January 27, 2021

Embracing Imperfection: On Writing in a Second Language

Embracing Imperfection: On Writing in a Second Language

Kaori Fujimoto Recounts the Challenges of Finding Her Voice
in a Different Tongue

By Kaori Fujimoto | January 27, 2021

The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

Gabrielle Glaser Recounts an Era of Prudery, Playboy,
and Teen Pregnancy

By Gabrielle Glaser | January 27, 2021

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

By Jonny Diamond | January 26, 2021

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