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Ken Follett on the Restoration of Notre Dame After the French Revolution

Ken Follett on the Restoration of Notre Dame After the French Revolution

Architect Viollet‑le‑Duc Didn't Want to Imitate His Medieval Predecessors

By Ken Follett | October 29, 2019

How Mermaid Stories Illustrate Complex Truths About<br> Being Human

How Mermaid Stories Illustrate Complex Truths About
Being Human

The Tropes, Tricks, and Tools We Find in Tales of Merfolk

By Cristina Bacchilega | October 25, 2019

On Discovering a Multimillion-Dollar Trove of Hitler's Looted Art in a Munich Apartment

On Discovering a Multimillion-Dollar Trove of Hitler's Looted Art in a Munich Apartment

Mary Lane Investigates Germany's Attempt to Hide Art Stolen by Nazis

By Mary M. Lane | October 25, 2019

Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

Howard Zinn: How FDR Forestalled a Second American Revolution

From a Series of 2007 Conversations with Ray Suarez

By Howard Zinn | October 25, 2019

The “Hidden Armies” of Britain That Battled the Nazis

The “Hidden Armies” of Britain That Battled the Nazis

Their Backs to the Wall, the Brits Went Guerrilla

By Olivier Wieviorka | October 25, 2019

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a<br> Post-Truth Age

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a
Post-Truth Age

Jana Prikryl and Joanna Kavenna in Conversation

By Joanna Kavenna | October 25, 2019

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On Debbie D, One of Hip-Hop's Legendary Pioneers

By Kathy Iandoli | October 25, 2019

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

By Sasha Sagan | October 24, 2019

How Napoleon's Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

By Mark Braude | October 24, 2019

The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape

The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape

Carl Phillips on Who's Winning the Oldest Annual Literary Award in America

By Carl Phillips | October 23, 2019

Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

The Post-Eastern Bloc Generation Confronts the Past

By Diane Simmons | October 23, 2019

Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

Destination Baden: Hot Baths, Good Conversation, and a Lot of Gambling

By Orlando Figes | October 23, 2019

The Trial of Harry Houdini

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When the Great Escape Artist Was Arrested in Germany for Fraud

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West: <br> The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

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The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

From William Dalrymple's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

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