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Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in <em>Platoon</em>

Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

The Film Director Recalls His 1986 Vietnam Classic

By Oliver Stone | July 22, 2020

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

Colin Dickey on Tensions Between Folklore and Mainstream Science

By Colin Dickey | July 21, 2020

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

There Be Dragons. In This Essay.

Arra Lynn Ross on Old Norse Translations and Decoding Myths

By Arra Lynn Ross | July 20, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

Martin Shaw on Growing Up Christian with a Pagan Underbelly

By Martin Shaw | July 17, 2020

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in<br> a Toronto Park

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in
a Toronto Park

“In Canada, a poet, to make his way as a poet, has to be
a real tough bastard.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 16, 2020

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The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

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Waiting for a War, Waiting to Live

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On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

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Inside the Beginning of Truman's Presidential Campaign

By A. J. Baime | July 16, 2020

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Can the German Path to Truth and Reconciliation Work in America?

Paul Scraton on How We Choose to Remember (and What We Choose to Forget)

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The Forged Letter that Began a Mormon Succession Crisis

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On Thomas Jefferson and the Little-Known Presence of Enslaved Muslims in the US

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Love Letters, Libertines, and Last Words During the French Revolution

Love Letters, Libertines, and Last Words During the French Revolution

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