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On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

Jim Newton Looks Back at the Early 1960s and a Cultural Moment That Would Shape America

By Jim Newton | May 14, 2020

What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?

What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?

Despite Calling Himself a Feminist the Author of the Foundation Stories Was a Serial Harasser

By Jay Gabler | May 14, 2020

How Rogue Traders Make a Fortune on Volatile Markets

How Rogue Traders Make a Fortune on Volatile Markets

Liam Vaughan on the Buccaneers of Late Capitalism

By Liam Vaughan | May 13, 2020

Tiny book YouTube is the most soothing place on the internet.

Tiny book YouTube is the most soothing place on the internet.

By Corinne Segal | May 12, 2020

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's<br> Lost Memoir

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's
Lost Memoir

Alan D. Gaff on Reading the Story of a Legend Nearly a Century Later

By Alan D. Gaff | May 12, 2020

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Concentration Camp Survivor Advocated a New Kind of Therapy

By Franz Vesely | May 11, 2020

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How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan's Fortune

By Susan Berfield | May 11, 2020

How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother's Day

By Mira Ptacin | May 8, 2020

A Day for the Ages: VE Day at 75 in the Time of COVID-19

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The Year That Changed James Monroe's Legacy Forever

The Year That Changed James Monroe's Legacy Forever

On the Greatest Crisis of His Presidency

By Tim McGrath | May 7, 2020

Bringing Together Kaleidoscopic Plots: A Reading List

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Anna Solomon on the Stories that Guided Her Writing

By Anna Solomon | May 7, 2020

My Grandfather Participated in One of America's Deadliest Racial Conflicts

My Grandfather Participated in One of America's Deadliest Racial Conflicts

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre of 1919

By J. Chester Johnson | May 6, 2020

Did the Italians Actually Teach the French the Art of the Vinaigrette?

Did the Italians Actually Teach the French the Art of the Vinaigrette?

Bill Buford on the Trail of a Culinary Mystery

By Bill Buford | May 5, 2020

The Louvre Has Survived Wars, Uprisings and Yes, a Plague

The Louvre Has Survived Wars, Uprisings and Yes, a Plague

James Gardner Shows Just How Much the Museum Weathered

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Anne Carson on Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy

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"They had the same power—to stick in the throat of Desire."

By Sarah Moore | May 4, 2020

The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

6 Books Essential to Our Understanding of the Artist

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