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On Deadly Policing and the 1979 Southall Protests

On Deadly Policing and the 1979 Southall Protests

An Anti-Racist Demonstration and the Death of Blair Peach

By David Renton | July 10, 2020

In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

Megan Marshall on the Great Thoreau and Emerson Biographer

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2020

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Philosophies of Distance and Proximity: Who Are We When We're Alone?

Corina Stan on Orwell, Murdoch, Canetti and Experiments in Isolation

By Corina Stan | July 9, 2020

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

On Getting Lost, Literary History, and Dostoyevsky

By André Aciman | July 9, 2020

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde

On John Ruskin, William Morris, and the Nascent Anarchism of a Literary Icon

By Kristian Williams | July 9, 2020

Tear Them Down: <br>Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

Tear Them Down:
Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

From the Confederacy to Eugenics the American Past is All Too Present

By Siri Hustvedt | July 8, 2020

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Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?

By Maya Alexandri | July 8, 2020

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

By Brian Castleberry | July 7, 2020

For Florida, Wartime Has Always Been Boomtime

By Kent Russell | July 7, 2020

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

In Early Modern Europe, Reading and Writing Meant Getting Your Hands Dirty

Anthony Grafton: When Writing Could Be Back-Breaking Work

By Anthony Grafton | July 6, 2020

Dear Black America: <br> A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

Dear Black America:
A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

"We revel in the depth and the flair and the belief and the secrecy of Blackness."

By Tracy K. Smith | July 2, 2020

The <em>New Yorker</em> Article Heard Round the World

The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World

Revisiting John Hersey's Groundbreaking "Hiroshima"

By Greg Mitchell | July 2, 2020

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Letter From Newark: I Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass

Nyle Fort Corresponds with His Nephew

By Nyle Fort | July 1, 2020

Capturing the Soul of Fire Island: Attitude Without Judgment

Capturing the Soul of Fire Island: Attitude Without Judgment

Patrick Ryan on the Photography of koitz

By Patrick Ryan | July 1, 2020

In Search of the Open-Armed America of 1975

In Search of the Open-Armed America of 1975

Phuc Tran on a Long-Gone Approach to Welcoming Refugees

By Phuc Tran | July 1, 2020

Black Struggle Will Not Bring Interracial Catharsis—And It Shouldn't

Black Struggle Will Not Bring Interracial Catharsis—And It Shouldn't

Emily Owens Sometimes Wonders Who the Signs Are For

By Emily Owens | June 30, 2020

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