English Tourists in Italy Have Been Complaining for 300 Years

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Amid the Roman Ruins and the Search for a Lost City

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How Horror Changed After WWI

How Horror Changed After WWI

W. Scott Poole on the Abyss Opened Up By the Great War

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America, Waging Unpopular Wars Right from the Start!

America, Waging Unpopular Wars Right from the Start!

Michael Beschloss on James Madison and the War of 1812

By Michael Beschloss | October 26, 2018

On the Very Scary Rise of the First Literary Vampire

On the Very Scary Rise of the First Literary Vampire

The Time Byron and Shelley and Godwin and Polidori Freaked Themselves Out

By Nick Groom | October 25, 2018

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

On the Rock 'n' Roll Art of Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, and More

By Kembrew McLeod | October 19, 2018

The Anxiety of the Pilot Upon Attempting to Land a Plane

The Anxiety of the Pilot Upon Attempting to Land a Plane

On Night-Flying, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and a Crisis Over Patagonia

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