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Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

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What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

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How Beyoncé’s “Formation” Embodies the Ethos of Black Womanhood

How Beyoncé’s “Formation” Embodies the Ethos of Black Womanhood

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Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

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“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

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D-Day, 80 Years On: An Oral History of the Allies’ Bold Attack

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