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Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

“I needed to know everything so I could carefully carve out the something I wanted the book to be about.”

By Jac Jemc | March 7, 2023

On the Mundane Letters of John Keats

On the Mundane Letters of John Keats

“I cannot manage the cursed Oat Cake” and Other Gems About Nothing

By Geoffrey D. Morrison | March 6, 2023

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

“I was not—and had never been—the only one comparing imagination to reality.”

By Chris McCormick | March 6, 2023

Michael G. Long on Why Jackie Robinson’s Political Legacy is at Least as Important as His Sporting One

Michael G. Long on Why Jackie Robinson’s Political Legacy is at Least as Important as His Sporting One

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 6, 2023

The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks

The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks

A Century After Ernest Shackleton’s Death, The Endurance Reveals Itself

By Mensun Bound | March 3, 2023

Yes, Sydney, Australia in the 1960s Was the Drag Capital of the World

Yes, Sydney, Australia in the 1960s Was the Drag Capital of the World

Amid Deep-Rooted Homophobia, Titillating and Fantastically Glamorous Shows Were Annual Events

By Craig Seligman | March 3, 2023

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The Brave Women Who Saved the Collected Texts of Hildegard of Bingen

By Janina Ramirez | March 3, 2023

Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About All Quiet on the Western Front Goes All the Way Back to the Book

By Bruce Krajewski | March 2, 2023

On the Evolution of the World’s Oldest Encyclopedia

By Simon Garfield | March 1, 2023

A Piece of Whalebone, a Butcher’s Shop, a Tailor: The Makings of A Pioneer Abortionist

A Piece of Whalebone, a Butcher’s Shop, a Tailor: The Makings of A Pioneer Abortionist

Jennifer Wright on Madame Restell’s Curiously Skilled Abortions

By Jennifer Wright | March 1, 2023

Derek Leebaert on FDR’s Four Key Lieutenants and the World They Made

Derek Leebaert on FDR’s Four Key Lieutenants and the World They Made

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2023

When Rebellion Becomes Virtue: How the Scientific Method Came to Be

When Rebellion Becomes Virtue: How the Scientific Method Came to Be

Carlo Rovelli on the Ancient Origins of Modern Inquiry

By Carlo Rovelli | February 28, 2023

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Spectacular Pseudoscience: The Fall and Rise of Bioelectricity

Sally Adee on the Origins of Frankenstein and the Dark Ethics of Electroshock Technology

By Sally Adee | February 28, 2023

When Russia Invaded Ukraine, My Family’s Past Became the Present

When Russia Invaded Ukraine, My Family’s Past Became the Present

Megan Buskey on Ukraine's Long Fight for Independence and the Moment History Knocks on Your Door

By Megan Buskey | February 27, 2023

How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon

How Bob Dylan Became a Counterculture Icon

Aaron J. Leonard on the Political Education of One of America’s Finest Folk Musicians

By Aaron J. Leonard | February 27, 2023

Sorry Michelangelo, Da Vinci Was the True Master of the Human Form in Art

Sorry Michelangelo, Da Vinci Was the True Master of the Human Form in Art

Charles Freeman on the Marriage of Beauty and Science in the Italian Renaissance

By Charles Freeman | February 27, 2023

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