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American Disaster: In the Path of<br> a Dirty Storm

American Disaster: In the Path of
a Dirty Storm

How the Residents of Plaquemines Parish Faced Hurricane Betsy

By Matthew Van Meter | July 29, 2020

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

The Literary Life of Pessoa's Alter Ego

Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari on a Man Who Came
"Out of Nothing"

By Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari | July 29, 2020

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

Dr. Lina Bernstein Revisits the Art World of
Early 20th-Century St. Petersburg

By Lina Bernstein | July 29, 2020

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

Eddie Glaude on How Baldwin Confronted America's Most Exceptional Lie

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | July 28, 2020

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

David Crystal on Quarrels, Secrets and Other Exchanges

By David Crystal | July 28, 2020

Explore Wallabout, where Whitman lived while finishing <em>Leaves of Grass</em>.

Explore Wallabout, where Whitman lived while finishing Leaves of Grass.

By Corinne Segal | July 27, 2020

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Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

By Nicholson Baker | July 27, 2020

The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

By Anthony Rudel | July 27, 2020

Tracing Contemporary Food Policies Back to the Enlightenment

By Rebecca Earle | July 27, 2020

On Jane Austen's Politics of Walking

On Jane Austen's Politics of Walking

Rachel Cohen: These Characters Walk to Be Themselves and to Change

By Rachel Cohen | July 24, 2020

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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