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Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 3, 2020

How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

Charles Kupchan in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 3, 2020

The Doors' John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

The Doors' John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

When All Else Fails, Smile and Play the Tambourine

By John Densmore | December 3, 2020

The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

her advice, her challenges."">"Alya helped me, as no one else could, with her criticism,
her advice, her challenges."

By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | December 3, 2020

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

Delphine Minoui on Reading as Refuge

By Delphine Minoui | December 3, 2020

How the US Coast Guard Made a Name for Itself During WWII

How the US Coast Guard Made a Name for Itself During WWII

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 3, 2020

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By Francesca Fiorani | December 2, 2020

WATCH: Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, and Nicola Davies in Conversation

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 2, 2020

How Do We Stop the Strongmen... Before We Get Another One in 2024?

By Keen On | December 2, 2020

One of Europe's Great Libraries Didn't Stand a Chance... In Either of the World Wars

One of Europe's Great Libraries Didn't Stand a Chance... In Either of the World Wars

Richard Ovenden on the Unlucky History of the Library of Louvain

By Richard Ovenden | December 2, 2020

What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

Following Emil Kapaun's Journey from Kansas to the Vatican

By joedrape | December 2, 2020

Visiting Babylon Boulevard, New York's 19th-Century Bohemian Underworld

Visiting Babylon Boulevard, New York's 19th-Century Bohemian Underworld

On the Creation of a New Utopia Through Photography

By Stephen Berkman | December 2, 2020

House Cats and Wild Cats Aren't Actually That Different

House Cats and Wild Cats Aren't Actually That Different

John Gray on the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Felines

By John Gray | December 1, 2020

On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

Anna Badkhen Maps the Complexities of Personal Grief in the Context of Global Tragedy

By Anna Badkhen | December 1, 2020

How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

Paul Farmer on the Interplay of a Virus and Its Environment

By Paul Farmer | December 1, 2020

On Desire (and its Absence) in the <em>Kristin Lavransdatter</em> Trilogy

On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 1, 2020

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