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The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

Susan Reyburn Follows the Life of a Civil Rights Icon

By Susan Reyburn | January 28, 2020

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Rewiring the American Mind: On Tracy K. Smith and the Future of America’s Civic Identity

Jonathan Reiber Considers the State of the Union in the Most Important Election Year in Its History

By Jonathan Reiber | January 27, 2020

Did Tolkien Write <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?

Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?

How a Literary Icon Always Felt Guilty About His
Failings With Chaucer

By John M. Bowers | January 27, 2020

Patrick Modiano on the Bookshop Owner Who Escaped the Nazis

Patrick Modiano on the Bookshop Owner Who Escaped the Nazis

Françoise Frenkel's No Place to Lay One’s Head Belongs in the Company of Literary Giants

By Patrick Modiano | January 27, 2020

Americans Are Right To Think the Economy Is Rigged

Americans Are Right To Think the Economy Is Rigged

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on the Tax Codes, Unequal Education, and Homegrown Inequality

By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | January 24, 2020

'Is the Newspaper Office the Place<br> for a Girl?'

'Is the Newspaper Office the Place
for a Girl?'

On Life as a Female Reporter at the Turn of the Century

By Julie Des Jardins | January 24, 2020

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Books of the Week

When a Man Took a Joke in a Pepsi Ad Seriously,
Chaos Ensued

By Matt Parker | January 23, 2020

Rediscovering the Lost Power
of Reading Aloud

By Meghan Cox Gurdon | January 22, 2020

Striving for a Life of Normality in the Occupied West Bank

By Ilana Hammerman | January 22, 2020

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Adam Nicolson on the Friendship Between Coleridge and Wordsworth

By Adam Nicolson | January 21, 2020

Kyle Chayka on the Godfather of Minimalism and His Case for Imperfection

Kyle Chayka on the Godfather of Minimalism and His Case for Imperfection

Reading Junichiro Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows in the 21st Century

By Kyle Chayka | January 21, 2020

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

On Families and Survivors: "I know it will be hard for you to read."

By Carol Sklenicka | January 21, 2020

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

Ayelet Waldman on the Landmark Case O’Connor v. Donaldson

By Ayelet Waldman | January 21, 2020

Post-Soviet Travel on the Turkmen-Kazakh Border

Post-Soviet Travel on the Turkmen-Kazakh Border

Erika Fatland: "The whole world will soon be wearing jeans made in China."

By Erika Fatland | January 21, 2020

The War on Poverty Changed a Young George Foreman's Life

The War on Poverty Changed a Young George Foreman's Life

How the Iconic Boxer's Future Was Tied Up with LBJ's Great Society

By Andrew R.M. Smith | January 17, 2020

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”

Rory MacLean Travels to the Forgotten Parts of Europe

By Rory MacLean | January 17, 2020

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