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FX’s <em>Great Expectations</em> Doesn’t Measure Up

FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

Steven Knight’s Miniseries Makes Interesting Points About Empire and Womanhood, but They Get Lost in a Sea of Gratuitous Darkness

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 31, 2023

How Smell—the Most Underrated Sense—Was Overpowered By Our Other Senses

How Smell—the Most Underrated Sense—Was Overpowered By Our Other Senses

Ashley Ward on the Oft-Ignored and Much-Maligned Olfactory Sense

By Ashley Ward | March 29, 2023

How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco

How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco

Lizzie Stark on the Other 1848 Rush for Riches in California

By Lizzie Stark | March 29, 2023

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

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From Eugenics to Targeted Advertising: The Dark Role of Data in Sorting Humanity

By Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones | March 27, 2023

Valemon The Bear: Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene with Martin Shaw

By Emergence Magazine | March 27, 2023

Jeffrey E. Stern on a Many Layered Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War

By Keen On | March 27, 2023

<em>The Art of War</em>: How Can a Book Written Two and a Half Millennia Ago Remain Timeless?

The Art of War: How Can a Book Written Two and a Half Millennia Ago Remain Timeless?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 27, 2023

Approaching Gridlock: Arundhati Roy on Free Speech and Failing Democracy

Approaching Gridlock: Arundhati Roy on Free Speech and Failing Democracy

“There can be no fiction without appropriation. Because we fiction writers are predators too.”

By Arundhati Roy | March 24, 2023

Alone on the Range: Victor LaValle on <em>Lone Women</em>’s Homesteaders, History, and Horror

Alone on the Range: Victor LaValle on Lone Women’s Homesteaders, History, and Horror

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 23, 2023

From Volcanoes To Bathtubs: On the Many Uses and Forms of Pumice

From Volcanoes To Bathtubs: On the Many Uses and Forms of Pumice

Hettie Judah Explores the History and Science Behind Solidified Lava

By Hettie Judah | March 23, 2023

Ren DeStefano on Female Serial Killers and Why She Suspects Everyone Might Have a Murder in Them

Ren DeStefano on Female Serial Killers and Why She Suspects Everyone Might Have a Murder in Them

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 23, 2023

John Parker Liberates African History From the Colonial Narrative of Oppression, Suffering, and Powerlessness

John Parker Liberates African History From the Colonial Narrative of Oppression, Suffering, and Powerlessness

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 22, 2023

You Cannot Protect Your Children From <em>Moana</em>: How Not to Fight Fairy Tales

You Cannot Protect Your Children From Moana: How Not to Fight Fairy Tales

Julia Langbein Channeled Her Parental Anxiety into Better Girlhood Characters

By Julia Langbein | March 21, 2023

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