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    Picturing Frederick Douglass

    By James Sullivan  October 4, 2016
    Excerpts

    So Who Was Jack the Ripper?

    By Otto Penzler  October 4, 2016
    Essay

    The Case for White Curiosity

    By Patrick Phillips  September 22, 2016
    Essay

    How Does a Skeleton Become Famous?

    By Lydia Pyne  August 16, 2016
    Essay

    Reading the Partition of India

    By Anjali Enjeti  August 15, 2016
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