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Beyond Tortured Genius: Science and Conscience in Two Rediscovered Oppenheimer Films

Beyond Tortured Genius: Science and Conscience in Two Rediscovered Oppenheimer Films

Lauren Carroll Harris on the Sober Spectacle of The Day After Trinity and The Strangest Dream

By Lauren Carroll Harris | August 31, 2023

On the

On the "Inverted Cosmos"—From Aristotle to the Middle Ages

William Egginton on Crystalline Spheres and Dante's Divine Comedy

By William Egginton | August 30, 2023

Did J.D. Salinger Wield Copyright as Self-Protection?

Did J.D. Salinger Wield Copyright as Self-Protection?

"Copyright protections can stop a work from being copied, pirated, poached. They can't stop it from being misunderstood."

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 30, 2023

How Obscenity Laws Nearly Stopped Nabokov's <em>Lolita</em> from Being Published

How Obscenity Laws Nearly Stopped Nabokov's Lolita from Being Published

Thomas Harding on the Legendary Editor George Weidenfeld, Literary Smuggling, and Morality in Fiction

By Thomas Harding | August 29, 2023

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Month-Disease, Flewsa, Lunations: On the Etymology of Periods

Jenni Nuttall Considers the Earliest Written References to Menstruation

By Jenni Nuttall | August 29, 2023

The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

The Greatest Velmas of History and Fiction

Shaenon K. Garrity Takes Roll Call, from Agatha Christie to Harriet the Spy

By Shaenon K. Garrity | August 25, 2023

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Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

By Christina Lamb | August 25, 2023

How the Vietnam War Accelerated Generational Divides in America

By Drew Gilpin Faust | August 24, 2023

How the Folkloric Sounds of Rural America Reached the Mainstream

By John Szwed | August 23, 2023

The Female Journalist Who Helped Create the Field of Science Reporting

The Female Journalist Who Helped Create the Field of Science Reporting

Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette on Jane Stafford, Gender in Journalism, and the Pioneering Science Service Organization

By Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette | August 22, 2023

The Battle to Fulfill the Racial Promise of Shaker Heights

The Battle to Fulfill the Racial Promise of Shaker Heights

Laura Meckler on Belonging, Interracial Adoption, and the "American dream town" in Ohio

By Laura Meckler | August 22, 2023

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

Harilaos Stecopoulos on Literary Diplomacy During the Cold War

By Harilaos Stecopoulos | August 21, 2023

How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

Emily Monosson on the History, Evolution, and Biological Enemies of a Staple Fruit

By Emily Monosson | August 21, 2023

Efforts That Were Wide-Ranging, Sordid, Chaotic, and Dangerous: Matthew Teague on the Indictment in Georgia

Efforts That Were Wide-Ranging, Sordid, Chaotic, and Dangerous: Matthew Teague on the Indictment in Georgia

Co-Author of The Steal on the "Remarkable Document"

By Matthew Teague | August 15, 2023

What It Was Like to Design for Barbie

What It Was Like to Design for Barbie

Carol Spencer on Working for Mattel and Finding the Right Sized Dream

By Carol Spencer | August 14, 2023

Who Really Invented the Selfie?

Who Really Invented the Selfie?

Matt Colquhoun on Narcissism, Photography History, and Britney Spears and Paris Hilton's Paradigm-Shifting Picture

By Matt Colquhoun | August 14, 2023

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