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Vanessa Veselka on What the Next American Revolution Might Look Like

Vanessa Veselka on What the Next American Revolution Might Look Like

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 19, 2021

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

Mallory O’Meara on a Surprising Gender Discrimination Case

By Mallory O'Meara | October 19, 2021

On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

On the Various, Multipurposed Manuscripts of Canterbury Tales

Mary Wellesley on the Researchers Who Spent 16 Years Discovering the Full Poem

By Mary Wellesley | October 19, 2021

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion to Women in Angoulême, Some of the Best New Titles in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 19, 2021

On the Holocaust’s Impact on Survivors’ Early Childhood and Memory

On the Holocaust’s Impact on Survivors’ Early Childhood and Memory

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford

By Rebecca Clifford | October 19, 2021

“To Bob or Not to Bob?” Revolution and the “Modern Girl” of 20th-Century Asia

“To Bob or Not to Bob?” Revolution and the “Modern Girl” of 20th-Century Asia

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper

By Tim Harper | October 19, 2021

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Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

By Scott G. Bruce | October 18, 2021

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

Louise Fein Considers How the Misunderstood Neurological Disorder Has Been Unfairly Portrayed in Popular Fiction

By Louise Fein | October 18, 2021

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

Meriel Schindler Traces Family Lore and the Unusual Correspondence Between Hitler and Bloch

By Meriel Schindler | October 18, 2021

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 18, 2021

Jean Becker on George H.W. Bush's Life After Presidency

Jean Becker on George H.W. Bush's Life After Presidency

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

Solange has launched a community library of rare books and art by Black creators.

Solange has launched a community library of rare books and art by Black creators.

By Walker Caplan | October 15, 2021

“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of <em>The Iceman Cometh</em>.

“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of The Iceman Cometh.

By Walker Caplan | October 15, 2021

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts Catalogue the Corvids of Aesop, Dickens, and More

By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts | October 15, 2021

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