<em> The Black Cauldron </em> turns 40 this year. Here's why the famous flop is worth a second look.

The Black Cauldron turns 40 this year. Here's why the famous flop is worth a second look.

On bad adaptations, big expectations, and why some myths resist the big screen treatment.

By Brittany Allen | August 22, 2025

The Fascist History of Yoga

The Fascist History of Yoga

Stewart Home Explores the Influence of Right-Wing Ideology on the Practice of Yoga

By Stewart Home | August 22, 2025

The Making of America’s Frontier Mythology Was the Making of America

The Making of America’s Frontier Mythology Was the Making of America

Paul Andrew Hutton Explores the Origins and Development of Our National Narrative

By Paul Andrew Hutton | August 22, 2025

Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide

Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide

Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths

By Ryan Bani Tahmaseb | August 22, 2025

On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

Trish Bendix Explores the Continuum of Lesbian History and Porn

By Trish Bendix | August 21, 2025

Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Kathleen B. Casey Explores the Connection Between Black Women’s Purses and the Civil Rights Movement

By Kathleen B. Casey | August 21, 2025

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Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

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Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

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Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

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How We Can Achieve a Good Life Through the Help of Others

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Sebastian Purcell On Finding the Path to Happiness Using Aztec Philosophy

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A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

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The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

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Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler’s First Public Poetry Reading

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How the AIDS Epidemic Led to the Creation of Sex Ed in America

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Margaret Grace Myers on the Grim Legacy of Ronald Reagan

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On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

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