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Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the “Maxim of Extravagance”

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | September 27, 2022

What <em>Don Quixote</em> Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

What Don Quixote Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

Giles Tremlett on the Baroque Decadence of Spain’s Golden Age

By Giles Tremlett | September 27, 2022

<em>Hold These Truths</em> Act I and II: On Gordon Hirabayashi’s Courageous Stand

Hold These Truths Act I and II: On Gordon Hirabayashi’s Courageous Stand

Featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection from LA Theatre Works

By Audiobook Break | September 27, 2022

Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s <em>Lunch Poems</em>

Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems

“It’s a great book!”

By Ted Berrigan | September 26, 2022

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

Charlotte Van den Broeck on the Italian Baroque Master, Francesco Borromini

By Charlotte Van den Broeck | September 26, 2022

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

”Years from now when I find them in my closet I will remember what havoc I will have wreaked.”

By Julia Reed | September 26, 2022

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How the Survivors of Slavery Used Material Objects to Preserve Intergenerational Wisdom

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How American Shipyard Workers Might Offer Us Lessons on How to Reunite the Country

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How a Lawyer of the Downtrodden Came To Represent Two Wealthy Killers

By Greg King and Penny Wilson | September 22, 2022

Neither Natural Nor Inevitable: How Language Masks Gentrification

Neither Natural Nor Inevitable: How Language Masks Gentrification

Leslie Kern on Biological and Evolutionary Metaphors in Urban Planning

By Leslie Kern | September 22, 2022

Hemingway made fun of Fitzgerald's boxing abilities in a newly-uncovered short story.

Hemingway made fun of Fitzgerald's boxing abilities in a newly-uncovered short story.

By Corinne Segal | September 21, 2022

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Silas Munro on the Intentional Aesthetic of a Revolution

By Silas Munro | September 21, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Most Popular School Supply of All Time

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

A Brief History of Calling Women Witches

A Brief History of Calling Women Witches

Eleanor Herman on the Patriarchy’s Timeless Demonization of Powerful Women

By Eleanor Herman | September 19, 2022

How Barack Obama Helped Joe Biden Become the 46th President of the United States

How Barack Obama Helped Joe Biden Become the 46th President of the United States

Gabriel Debenedetti on the Mutually Beneficial Relationship Between an Ex-President and His VP

By Gabriel Debenedetti | September 19, 2022

In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales

In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on the Baba Yaga Witch, the Maiden Tsar, and More

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | September 19, 2022

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