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Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Marta Figlerowicz on an Unsung Thinker and Writer About Fascism and Nationalism

By Marta Figlerowicz | October 10, 2025

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

“These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.”

By Raharimanana | October 9, 2025

How America’s First Star War Reporter Set the Tone For a Century of Journalism

How America’s First Star War Reporter Set the Tone For a Century of Journalism

Peter Maass Unpacks the Sensationalist—and Occasionally Biased—Work of Richard Harding Davis

By Peter Maass | October 9, 2025

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

Pat Lipsky on the Rival Groups of Artists Looking for Fame in Greenwich Village

By Pat Lipsky | October 9, 2025

How California’s Legacy of Violence Against Indigenous People Impacts the Present Day

How California’s Legacy of Violence Against Indigenous People Impacts the Present Day

Dina Gilio-Whitaker Unpacks the Complexities Surrounding Native Authenticity

By Dina Gilio-Whitaker | October 9, 2025

HarperCollins UK is pulling copies of a book that alleges Epstein introduced Melania and Donald Trump.

HarperCollins UK is pulling copies of a book that alleges Epstein introduced Melania and Donald Trump.

By James Folta | October 8, 2025

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How a Democracy Descends Into Murderous Fascism: On Pinochet’s Chile

By Philippe Sands | October 8, 2025

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

By Ilan Pappé | October 7, 2025

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Mark Harman Considers the Striking Social Commentary of the Unfinished Novel

By Mark Harman | October 6, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 3, 2025

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | October 3, 2025

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.

By Brittany Allen | October 2, 2025

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Mariana Enriquez: “How beautiful cemeteries are.... Where the name and the date remain, a voice that says: I was here, now I’m gone.”

By Mariana Enriquez | October 2, 2025

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Ilana Masad: “It’s in trying to reach beyond our limited selves that we are, I believe, most human.”

By Ilana Masad | October 2, 2025

Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?

Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?

James D. Tabor on the Lesser-Examined Side of a Central Figure of the Christian Faith

By James D. Tabor | September 30, 2025

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