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The Citizen Scholar Who Led the Hunt for Queen Lili’uokalani’s Lost Diaries

The Citizen Scholar Who Led the Hunt for Queen Lili’uokalani’s Lost Diaries

Julia Flynn Siler on Author and Historian David W. Forbes

By Julia Flynn Siler | July 24, 2020

Was Jefferson a Hero or Villain? <br>Both, and Neither.

Was Jefferson a Hero or Villain?
Both, and Neither.

Alan Taylor on the Contradictions of American History

By Alan Taylor | July 24, 2020

Learning to Decipher My Father's Past in Nazi Germany

Learning to Decipher My Father's Past in Nazi Germany

L. Annette Binder on the Difficulty of Researching Family History

By L. Annette Binder | July 24, 2020

"mong kok, october 2019"

A Poem by Xiao Yue Shan

By Xiao Yue Shan | July 24, 2020

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

John Clute on Rendezvous with Rama

By John Clute | July 23, 2020

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

Tana Wojczuk on Charlotte Cushman, Loved by Whitman,
Hawthorne, Alcott and More

By Tana Wojczuk | July 23, 2020

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The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

By Aya Gruber | July 23, 2020

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

By Frank Tallis | July 22, 2020

To Be the Poet of Troy:
An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

By Philip Metres | July 22, 2020

Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in <em>Platoon</em>

Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

The Film Director Recalls His 1986 Vietnam Classic

By Oliver Stone | July 22, 2020

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

Colin Dickey on Tensions Between Folklore and Mainstream Science

By Colin Dickey | July 21, 2020

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

Arra Lynn Ross on Old Norse Translations and Decoding Myths

By Arra Lynn Ross | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

Martin Shaw on Growing Up Christian with a Pagan Underbelly

By Martin Shaw | July 17, 2020

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in<br> a Toronto Park

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in
a Toronto Park

“In Canada, a poet, to make his way as a poet, has to be
a real tough bastard.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 16, 2020

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

Oliver Broudy on the Birth of the "Acceptable Risk" Class

By Oliver Broudy | July 16, 2020

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