Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany

Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany

On the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

By Olivia Giovetti | November 8, 2019

Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Paul Vidich on the Timeline of a Historic Night

By Paul Vidich | November 8, 2019

How Lou Sullivan's Journals Enrich the History of Trans Literature

How Lou Sullivan's Journals Enrich the History of Trans Literature

Callum Angus on Sullivan's Recently Released Diaries, AIDS, Transitioning, and More

By Callum Angus | November 8, 2019

On Harriet Tubman's Final Escape Mission

On Harriet Tubman's Final Escape Mission

A November Snowstorm and a Last-Minute Change of Plans

By Erica Armstrong Dunbar | November 8, 2019

Inside the Early Struggles of the Women Who Built Disney

Inside the Early Struggles of the Women Who Built Disney

Nathalia Holt on What It Took to Break Into Animation in the 1930s

By Nathalia Holt | November 8, 2019

The Reporter Who Went Undercover at an Asylum

The Reporter Who Went Undercover at an Asylum

Nellie Bly Committed Herself to the Infamous Blackwell Island Asylum Just to Get the Story

By Susannah Cahalan | November 7, 2019

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On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

By Paul Hendrickson | November 6, 2019

What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

By Franny Nudelman | November 6, 2019

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

By Mo Rocca | November 6, 2019

The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

Brendan Simms on Hitler's Stay in Prison, and the Scapegoating of Modernity

By Brendan Simms | November 5, 2019

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

“When reproductive freedom becomes a class privilege, the human rights of our political body are negated.”

By Lindy West | November 5, 2019

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

Sherrod Brown on the Unlikely History of Desk 88

By Sherrod Brown | November 5, 2019

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

Crane Wrote in a Perfect Blend of Idealism, Cynicism, and Wariness

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs

Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs

Joshua Raff on the Triple Pleasures of Memoir,
Travel, and Family History

By Joshua Raff | November 1, 2019

Elsa Hart on Writing an 18th-Century Crime-Solving Librarian

Elsa Hart on Writing an 18th-Century Crime-Solving Librarian

The Author of City of Ink In Conversation with C. P. Lesley
on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | November 1, 2019

Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

A Halloween Episode with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 31, 2019

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