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Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.

Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.

By Walker Caplan | June 3, 2021

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Frank Light: “You had to believe the people who sent you had a clue. You had to believe they cared.”

By Frank Light | June 3, 2021

Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust

Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | June 3, 2021

Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | June 3, 2021

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

By Walker Caplan | June 2, 2021

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

Jess McHugh on the Complicated Legacy of Betty Crocker

By Jess McHugh | June 2, 2021

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Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

By Philip Ball | June 2, 2021

Encoding, Storing, Retrieving: How Memory Works

By Lauren Aguirre | June 2, 2021

King Mob Rule: On a First-Person Account of the Horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

By Mary E. Jones Parrish | June 1, 2021

What Makes a Great Speech?

What Makes a Great Speech?

Simon Sebag Montefiore Considers the Qualities of Great Oratory Throughout History

By Simon Sebag Montefiore | June 1, 2021

On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

Gina G. Warren Considers the History of the Backyard Bird

By Gina G. Warren | June 1, 2021

The ACLU’s Long Fight For Marriage Equality

The ACLU’s Long Fight For Marriage Equality

Sasha Issenberg on Constitutional Rights in the 80s and the Shifting Definitions of Marital Union

By Sasha Issenberg | June 1, 2021

Libraries are crowdfunding an open access collection of American prison newspapers.

Libraries are crowdfunding an open access collection of American prison newspapers.

By Walker Caplan | May 28, 2021

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

Café Life and Literati: Life in Turn-of-the-Century Prague

Café Life and Literati: Life in Turn-of-the-Century Prague

Chad Bryant on the Prague Circle

By Chad Bryant | May 28, 2021

A Secret Memorial Under the Sea: The Hunt to Discover the <em>Wind Blown</em> Shipwreck

A Secret Memorial Under the Sea: The Hunt to Discover the Wind Blown Shipwreck

Amanda M. Fairbanks on the Mystery of a Long-Lost Commercial Fishing Boat

By Amanda M. Fairbanks | May 28, 2021

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