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The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback

The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback

Michael Castleman on the Life and Times of Jason Epstein, Cofounder of “The New York Review of Books”

By Michael Castleman | July 18, 2024

How Did Phrenology Get So Popular in Victorian Society?

How Did Phrenology Get So Popular in Victorian Society?

Michael Taylor on the Known and Anonymous Scientific Radicals of 19th Century Britain

By Michael Taylor | July 17, 2024

In Praise of <em> Ginkgo Biloba</em>, China’s Ancient, Everlasting Tree

In Praise of Ginkgo Biloba, China’s Ancient, Everlasting Tree

Amy Stewart Talks to Jianming (Jimmy) Shen, the Ginkgo Chronicler of Hangzhou

By Amy Stewart | July 17, 2024

How Judy Blume’s <em>Deenie</em> Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

Rachelle Bergstein on Self-Pleasure and Sex Education in Children's Literature

By Rachelle Bergstein | July 16, 2024

What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction

What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction

Justin St. Germain Considers the Blurry Borders Between Memory, Memoir and Myth

By Justin St. Germain | July 15, 2024

How the Continual Movement of Wildlife Regulates the Natural World

How the Continual Movement of Wildlife Regulates the Natural World

James Bradley on the Integral Role of Migratory Patterns to Human and Environmental Wellbeing

By James Bradley | July 15, 2024

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Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

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Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

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Is it the summer of the brat?

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Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

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Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane

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On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

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How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

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