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On Makeup As a Tool for Queer Resistance

On Makeup As a Tool for Queer Resistance

Rae Nudson Considers the History of the Stonewall Raids and the Protests That Followed

By Rae Nudson | July 14, 2021

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

Scott A. Small on the Surprising Benefits of Memory Loss

By scottasmall | July 13, 2021

Take a virtual tour of Walden Pond.

Take a virtual tour of Walden Pond.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

AKA the Time George Lucas Disowned a Star Wars Production

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

Emil’ Keme on the Popol Wuj, K’iche’ Authors, and Poetry as Resistance

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

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Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

By Ilan Stavans | July 9, 2021

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

By Keen On | July 9, 2021

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

Lucy Jane Santos on the Most Dangerous Skincare Ingredient of the Early 20th Century

By Lucy Jane Santos | July 8, 2021

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

Julia Baird on the Long, Hard Work of Activism

By Julia Baird | July 7, 2021

In the Footsteps of Garibaldi: Tim Parks Traverses Italy—and Two Centuries of History

In the Footsteps of Garibaldi: Tim Parks Traverses Italy—and Two Centuries of History

Encounters With a Nation, Then and Now

By Tim Parks | July 7, 2021

On the Dancing Craze That<br> Swept Post-WWI Paris

On the Dancing Craze That
Swept Post-WWI Paris

Dominique Kalifa on the Very French “Appetite for Living”

By Dominique Kalifa | July 6, 2021

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