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Down Through the Faulkner Bloodline, Pride and Racial Guilt Commingled

Down Through the Faulkner Bloodline, Pride and Racial Guilt Commingled

Michael Gorra on William Faulkner's Great-Grandfather

By Michael Gorra | August 24, 2020

In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

In Life as in Mythology, Greece is a Place of Frustrated Migrations

Matteo Nucci on Odysseus, the Greco-Turkish War, and the Plight of Modern Refugees

By Matteo Nucci | August 24, 2020

Exploring the Gulf Between History and National Myth<br> in Israel

Exploring the Gulf Between History and National Myth
in Israel

Haim Bresheeth-Zabner on His Father's Refusal to Serve in
the Israel Defense Force

By Haim Bresheeth-Zabner | August 24, 2020

The Strange and Remarkable Life of Robert Eisler

The Strange and Remarkable Life of Robert Eisler

A Special Nine-Part Series From New Books Network

By New Books Network | August 24, 2020

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

David Gessner in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | August 21, 2020

A Polish Journalist Finds the Gatekeepers of Ellis Island

A Polish Journalist Finds the Gatekeepers of Ellis Island

Małgorzata Szejnert and Sean Gasper Bye Get to the Bottom of an American Myth

By Malgorzata Szejnert and Sean Gasper Bye | August 20, 2020

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Robert Draper: Why We Should Still Care About the Iraq War

By Keen On | August 20, 2020

On the Early American Art
of Getting Lost

By Jon T. Coleman | August 20, 2020

You Try Being Harry Truman

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | August 20, 2020

Can the Fragile American Union Survive This Election?

Can the Fragile American Union Survive This Election?

Richard Kreitner on the Future of Political Fragmentation

By Richard Kreitner | August 19, 2020

Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not

Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not

On the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | August 19, 2020

Richard Kreitner: The Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

Richard Kreitner: The Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | August 19, 2020

The Real Criminal Masterminds in America Aren't Working the System—They Created It

The Real Criminal Masterminds in America Aren't Working the System—They Created It

Sarah Chayes on the Corruption of the Gilded Age, Then and Now

By Sarah Chayes | August 18, 2020

How Politically Radical Women in 19th-Century France Were Made Into Misogynistic Caricatures

How Politically Radical Women in 19th-Century France Were Made Into Misogynistic Caricatures

Jill Richards on the Petroleuses of the Paris Commune

By Jill Richards | August 18, 2020

Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

Rhian Sasseen on the Inescapability of Plath for Female Writers

By Rhian Sasseen | August 17, 2020

On the Flourishing of Black Literary Arts, Old and New

On the Flourishing of Black Literary Arts, Old and New

Patrick A. Howell and the Harlem Book Fair’s Max Rodriguez Discuss the #GLOBALIAam Movement

By Patrick A. Howell | August 17, 2020

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