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On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

Dr. Lina Bernstein Revisits the Art World of
Early 20th-Century St. Petersburg

By Lina Bernstein | July 29, 2020

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

Eddie Glaude on How Baldwin Confronted America's Most Exceptional Lie

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | July 28, 2020

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

Some of the Earliest Written Dialogues Were in Middle English Literature

David Crystal on Quarrels, Secrets and Other Exchanges

By David Crystal | July 28, 2020

Explore Wallabout, where Whitman lived while finishing <em>Leaves of Grass</em>.

Explore Wallabout, where Whitman lived while finishing Leaves of Grass.

By Corinne Segal | July 27, 2020

Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

Nicholson Baker the American Use of Biological Weapons

By Nicholson Baker | July 27, 2020

The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

Anthony Rudel on Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's Adaptation of Cry, the Beloved Country

By Anthony Rudel | July 27, 2020

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Tracing Contemporary Food Policies Back to the Enlightenment

By Rebecca Earle | July 27, 2020

On Jane Austen's Politics of Walking

By Rachel Cohen | July 24, 2020

The Citizen Scholar Who Led the Hunt for Queen Lili’uokalani’s Lost Diaries

By Julia Flynn Siler | July 24, 2020

Was Jefferson a Hero or Villain? <br>Both, and Neither.

Was Jefferson a Hero or Villain?
Both, and Neither.

Alan Taylor on the Contradictions of American History

By Alan Taylor | July 24, 2020

Learning to Decipher My Father's Past in Nazi Germany

Learning to Decipher My Father's Past in Nazi Germany

L. Annette Binder on the Difficulty of Researching Family History

By L. Annette Binder | July 24, 2020

"mong kok, october 2019"

A Poem by Xiao Yue Shan

By Xiao Yue Shan | July 24, 2020

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

Arthur C. Clarke's Scientific Romances Eschew Spectacle for Dumbstruck Wonder

John Clute on Rendezvous with Rama

By John Clute | July 23, 2020

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

On the 19th-Century Actress Who Transformed Gender Dynamics in American Theater

Tana Wojczuk on Charlotte Cushman, Loved by Whitman,
Hawthorne, Alcott and More

By Tana Wojczuk | July 23, 2020

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

Aya Gruber on Anti-Prostitution Sentiment and Its Implicit Racism

By Aya Gruber | July 23, 2020

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Frank Tallis on the Anthropological View of Storytelling

By Frank Tallis | July 22, 2020

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