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Civil Rights Activist George M. Houser Worked with the Greats of the 20th Century

Civil Rights Activist George M. Houser Worked with the Greats of the 20th Century

From Anticolonial Movements to Black American Civil Rights to South African Apartheid

By Sheila D. Collins | December 11, 2020

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

Thomas Mullen: When the Fictional Veers Into the Real

By Thomas Mullen | December 10, 2020

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Keith Lowe Visits Lithuania's Grutas Park

By Keith Lowe | December 10, 2020

The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

Mark Hage Recounts the Origins of His Latest Book

By Mark Hage | December 10, 2020

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 10, 2020

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

"Jane recognized her husband’s tremendous talent and put her own dreams and ambitions aside."

By Edith Vonnegut | December 9, 2020

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How Textiles Made the World

How Textiles Made the World

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By New Books Network | December 9, 2020

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir <br>on Paul Celan

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir
on Paul Celan

Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard Consider the Texture of Language, Poetics, and Linguistic Dispossession

By Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Mikka Jacobsen on Why Men Can't Keep Him Off Their Dating Profiles

By Mikka Jacobsen | December 8, 2020

Finding Black Community in the UK as a Black American Expatriate

Finding Black Community in the UK as a Black American Expatriate

Kenya Hunt on Social Media, Black Excellence, and
Marvel's Black Panther

By Kenya Hunt | December 8, 2020

The Cost of Prejudice in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Cost of Prejudice in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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By New Books Network | December 8, 2020

On Cairns, Hoodoos, and Monoliths: What Happens in the Desert Shouldn't Always Stay in the Desert

On Cairns, Hoodoos, and Monoliths: What Happens in the Desert Shouldn't Always Stay in the Desert

Rebecca Worby Reckons with the Objects Others Leave Behind

By Rebecca Worby | December 7, 2020

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