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The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

Patrice Vecchione on Talking with Rich About Spirituality

By Patrice Vecchione | June 2, 2020

How Shanghai Became a City of Literary Experimentation

How Shanghai Became a City of Literary Experimentation

Dr. Jin Li on the Effects of Social and Economic Upheaval

By Dr. Jin Li | June 2, 2020

Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

Tom Zoellner Revisits the Baptist War Slave Rebellion

By Tom Zoellner | June 2, 2020

Finding My Story in the Colonial Past of the Andaman Islands

Finding My Story in the Colonial Past of the Andaman Islands

When a Random Dream and Historical Facts Align

By Aimee Liu | June 1, 2020

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Jill Watts Recommends Ten Life Stories from a Lost Generation

By Jill Watts | June 1, 2020

On the Untold Talent of Dora Maar, More Than a Muse of Picasso

On the Untold Talent of Dora Maar, More Than a Muse of Picasso

In Search of "The Weeping Woman"

By Brigitte Benkemoun | May 29, 2020

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On the Malign Impulse to Name a Disease After a Group of People

By Mary Ann Cherry | May 29, 2020

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

By Vincent Bevins | May 28, 2020

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

By Abby Walthausen | May 28, 2020

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

Oswyn Murray on Eileen Alexander's Letters

By Oswyn Murray | May 28, 2020

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

For Starters, More People Needed Places to Eat

By Rebecca Spang | May 27, 2020

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

C.W. Gortner on Fearless Figures from History

By C.W. Gortner | May 27, 2020

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

At a Crossroads, She Sought Another Writer's Counsel

By Martha Ackmann | May 26, 2020

History is No Longer a Circle, Nor is Progress Guaranteed

History is No Longer a Circle, Nor is Progress Guaranteed

Szczepan Twardoch on Our Need to Give Meaning to Catastrophe

By Szczepan Twardoch | May 26, 2020

When All of New York City Stopped Reading the News at Once

When All of New York City Stopped Reading the News at Once

Chronicling an Odd 17 Days in 1945

By Rob Brotherton | May 26, 2020

Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

By Corinne Segal | May 22, 2020

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