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The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education

The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education

Mikki Kendall on Anti-Blackness, Ancestors, and the Price of Growing Up Smart

By Mikki Kendall | February 27, 2020

When America's Most Famous Monthly Took on Its Most Famous Tycoon

When America's Most Famous Monthly Took on Its Most Famous Tycoon

Journalist Ida Tarbell Went Up Against Rockefeller Himself

By Stephanie Gorton | February 27, 2020

A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson's Life

A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson's Life

“I have worlds of things to tell you, and my pen is not swift enough...”

By Martha Ackmann | February 26, 2020

Erik Larson on Writing Wartime Life During the London Blitz

Erik Larson on Writing Wartime Life During the London Blitz

The Author of The Splendid and The Vile Answers 5 Questions

By Literary Hub | February 25, 2020

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Gretel Ehrlich on Yuri Rythkeu's Eulogy for the Chukchi Whale Hunt

By Gretel Ehrlich | February 24, 2020

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Emily Van Duyne on the Lure of Charismatic, Abusive Men

By Emily Van Duyne | February 24, 2020

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When Langston Hughes Went to Report on the
Spanish Civil War

By W. Jason Miller | February 24, 2020

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

By Jerry Mitchell | February 24, 2020

Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of<br> Amelia Earhart

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of
Amelia Earhart

A Missing Pilot and Her Poems

By Traci Brimhall | February 21, 2020

Gossip, Sex, and Redcoats: On the Build-Up to the Boston Massacre

Gossip, Sex, and Redcoats: On the Build-Up to the Boston Massacre

Don't Let Anyone Tell You Revolutionary History is Boring

By Serena Zabin | February 20, 2020

Football is Everything (Which is to<br> Say Soccer)

Football is Everything (Which is to
Say Soccer)

David Goldblatt on the Biggest Cultural Phenomenon the World Has Ever Known

By David Goldblatt | February 19, 2020

How the Well-Educated and Downwardly Mobile Found Socialism

How the Well-Educated and Downwardly Mobile Found Socialism

At Least, According to Charlotte Alter, a Gentle Version of It

By Charlotte Alter | February 19, 2020

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis

Julian Barnes on Fake News, Religious Tension, and "Gangster Imperialism" Abounded

By Julian Barnes | February 18, 2020

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Jenn Shapland on What She Found in the Writer's Archives

By Jenn Shapland | February 18, 2020

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

When Pete Townshend Whacked Abbie Hoffman Offstage

By Jack Hoffman and Daniel Simon | February 18, 2020

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