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On the Dancing Craze That<br> Swept Post-WWI Paris

On the Dancing Craze That
Swept Post-WWI Paris

Dominique Kalifa on the Very French “Appetite for Living”

By Dominique Kalifa | July 6, 2021

On E.M. Forster’s <em>Maurice</em> and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

On E.M. Forster’s Maurice and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

William di Canzio on the Personal and Literary Inspirations
Behind His Novel

By William di Canzio | July 6, 2021

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi Discuss the Memoir of an Extraordinary Life

By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi | July 6, 2021

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

What Racial Hierarchy and Segregation Do to the Soul of a Nation

By Theodore R. Johnson | July 2, 2021

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner Recount a History-Making Protest

By Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner | July 2, 2021

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

George Packer on This Uncertain Union of Strangers

By George Packer | July 2, 2021

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Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

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The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

By Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven | July 1, 2021

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

Emma Marris on Our Relationships with—and Responsibilities Toward—the Planet’s Wild Animals

By Emma Marris | July 1, 2021

Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second <br>World War?

Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second
World War?

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | July 1, 2021

Charles Dickens worried his own writing was so powerful it would scare him and his friends to death.

Charles Dickens worried his own writing was so powerful it would scare him and his friends to death.

By Walker Caplan | June 30, 2021

What <em>Lord of the Flies</em> got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

By Margot Livesy | June 30, 2021

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

Uncovering a Unique Chapter in the History of American Poetry

By Lytle Shaw | June 30, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

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