It's Time to Free Ourselves from the Magical Thinking of 'Oilcraft'

It's Time to Free Ourselves from the Magical Thinking of 'Oilcraft'

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 10, 2020

Oscar Levant and Oscar Wilde: Masters of Staving Off Melancholy with Wit

Oscar Levant and Oscar Wilde: Masters of Staving Off Melancholy with Wit

David Lazar on Two Wounded Men Who Frustrated Expectations

By David Lazar | November 9, 2020

<em>That Middle World</em>: The Politics of Passing, from the Antebellum Period to Rachel Dolezal

That Middle World: The Politics of Passing, from the Antebellum Period to Rachel Dolezal

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 9, 2020

Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

The Ascendancy of Kamala Harris to the White House is More Radical Than We Think

By Rebecca Solnit | November 6, 2020

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

Emily Van Duyne on Loving, and Misunderstanding, an Icon

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

"I watch the water rising in a few places, as if the city is porous."

By Cees Nooteboom | November 6, 2020

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On the Covert Role of Knitting During the French Revolution and World War II

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Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

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Roland Betancourt on the Origins of His Latest Book

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How Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery Undermined White Supremacy

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Growing Up in the Soviet Union's Hero City

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On the Connection Between Whaling and Imperialism in the Bering Strait

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