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Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of

Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of "Orange"

Yeah, But Can You Rhyme Something With It?

By David Scott Kastan with Stephen Farthing | July 27, 2018

The Nun Who Wrote Letters to the Greatest Poets of Her Generation

The Nun Who Wrote Letters to the Greatest Poets of Her Generation

From Wallace Stevens to Seamus Heaney, on the Correspondence
of Sister Mary Bernetta Quinn

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 27, 2018

On the Rise and Fall of America's Most Famous Dessert

On the Rise and Fall of America's Most Famous Dessert

Allie Rowbottom and a Brief History of Jell-O

By Allie Rowbottom | July 25, 2018

Amelia Earhart's Mysterious Death Shouldn't Overshadow Her Life

Amelia Earhart's Mysterious Death Shouldn't Overshadow Her Life

On the Amazing Female Flyers of Early Aviation

By Keith O'Brien | July 24, 2018

Everything You Think You Know About Chekhov is Wrong

Everything You Think You Know About Chekhov is Wrong

Boris Fishman Wonders, What Would Chekhov Say of Vladimir Putin?

By Boris Fishman | July 23, 2018

The Itinerant Evangelical Preachers of the American Frontier

The Itinerant Evangelical Preachers of the American Frontier

They Served as News-Bearers and Moral Purveyors

By John F. Ross | July 6, 2018

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A Brief History of Public Bathing

By Maureen Stanton | June 28, 2018

Behind the Scenes the Day Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

Behind the Scenes the Day Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

Ben Rhodes Watches History Unfold in the Situation Room

By Ben Rhodes | June 26, 2018

The Hours Leading Up to the Up Stairs Lounge Tragedy

The Hours Leading Up to the Up Stairs Lounge Tragedy

Hustling, Bar Fights, and Revenge: A Dark Night in New Orleans

By Robert W. Fieseler | June 22, 2018

New York City, the Perfect Setting for a Fictional Cold War Strike

New York City, the Perfect Setting for a Fictional Cold War Strike

On Collier's 1950 Cover Story, “Hiroshima, USA: Can Anything Be Done About It?”

By Sara Blair | June 13, 2018

The Young Anarchist and Future <em>Joy of Sex</em> Author Who Sparred with George Orwell Over World War II

The Young Anarchist and Future Joy of Sex Author Who Sparred with George Orwell Over World War II

"Alex Comfort Reveals Orwell as a More Problematic, but Also More Human, Figure"

By Eric Laursen | June 11, 2018

Abraham Lincoln: Breaking Down the Myth of a Perfect President

Abraham Lincoln: Breaking Down the Myth of a Perfect President

Fred Kaplan on the Antislavery Moralist Who Distrusted Abolitionism

By Fred Kaplan | June 11, 2018

The Treacherous Start to Mary and Percy Shelley's Marriage

The Treacherous Start to Mary and Percy Shelley's Marriage

Anxious, Impatient, and Seasick While Sailing Through a Storm

By Fiona Sampson | May 31, 2018

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