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Revisiting Svetlana Alexievich’s <em>The Unwomanly Face of War</em> During Russia’s War on Ukraine

Revisiting Svetlana Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War During Russia’s War on Ukraine

This Week From the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | January 31, 2023

How a Leading Voice of Eswatini Culture Was Erased From History

How a Leading Voice of Eswatini Culture Was Erased From History

Joel Cabrita on Regina Gelana Twala and the Legacy of Racism and Sexism in Southern Africa

By Joel Cabrita | January 30, 2023

Journeys of a Humanitarian: How Jane Olson Emulated Her Hero Eleanor Roosevelt to Become a World Citizen

Journeys of a Humanitarian: How Jane Olson Emulated Her Hero Eleanor Roosevelt to Become a World Citizen

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 30, 2023

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Julia Cooke on the Lauded Character’s Imaginary Vengeance in The White Lotus

By Julia Cooke | January 27, 2023

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

Dan Levitt on Georges Lemaître’s Dual Devotion to Science and Faith

By Dan Levitt | January 26, 2023

The Invention of Fettuccine Alfredo: A Love Story

The Invention of Fettuccine Alfredo: A Love Story

A Brief History of a Beloved Pasta Dish

By Luca Cesari | January 26, 2023

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Forget Generative AI: Margaret Heffernan on Why the Future Remains Up To Us

By Keen On | January 26, 2023

This Is Not Who We Are: Zachary Shore on America’s Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue

By Keen On | January 26, 2023

WATCH: Alina Adams and Masha Rumer on Writing History as It Happens

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 26, 2023

Valentine Low on How the British Royal Family is Transforming Itself Into a 21st-Century Institution

Valentine Low on How the British Royal Family is Transforming Itself Into a 21st-Century Institution

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 26, 2023

“I Feel Like a Feather Floating in the Atmosphere.” How Thoreau Reckoned with the Loss of His Brother

“I Feel Like a Feather Floating in the Atmosphere.” How Thoreau Reckoned with the Loss of His Brother

Robert D. Richardson on the Writers’ Grief-Stricken Observations

By Robert D. Richardson | January 25, 2023

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

Dan Berger on Freedom Summer in the Segregationist Heart of the Deep South

By Dan Berger | January 25, 2023

Watching the Films of Weimar Germany to Understand Our Increasingly Fascistic Present

Watching the Films of Weimar Germany to Understand Our Increasingly Fascistic Present

“My dive into Weimar Germany taught me that authoritarianism doesn’t always follow a linear path.”

By Travis Mushett | January 25, 2023

George McCalman’s Illustrated Black American History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

George McCalman’s Illustrated Black American History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 25, 2023

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

Emily J. Orlando on the Writer’s Enduring Relevance and Foresight

By Emily J. Orlando | January 24, 2023

Access For Whom? On Gaining Permission to Narrate Egypt’s Past

Access For Whom? On Gaining Permission to Narrate Egypt’s Past

Alan Mikhail Navigates Bureaucracy and Identity in the Egyptian National Archives

By Alan Mikhail | January 23, 2023

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