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The Temptations of Playing the Muse

The Temptations of Playing the Muse

On Love, Marriage, Charles Dickens, and Becoming the Writer I Needed to Be

By Samantha Silva | December 19, 2018

Did Lao-Tzu and Confucius Know Each Other?

Did Lao-Tzu and Confucius Know Each Other?

The Legend of Two Masters: From a New Introduction to the Tao Te Ching

By John Minford | December 17, 2018

Read From Allen Ginsberg's Cuba Journals

Read From Allen Ginsberg's Cuba Journals

A Poet's Incantatory Descriptions of Havana

By Allen Ginsberg | December 14, 2018

Brandon Hobson on Recovering Cherokee Myths from His Grandfather's Notebook

Brandon Hobson on Recovering Cherokee Myths from His Grandfather's Notebook

"This notebook has become my passion. Discovering it has changed my life."

By Brandon Hobson | December 11, 2018

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

By Ed Pavlić | December 10, 2018

Parents: If You're Letting Your Child Wear a Hat, You're Doing it Wrong

Parents: If You're Letting Your Child Wear a Hat, You're Doing it Wrong

The 18th-Century German Medical Advice You Didn't Know You Needed

By Thomas Morris | December 6, 2018

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"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

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The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

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How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

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