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On Debbie D, One of Hip-Hop's Legendary Pioneers

On Debbie D, One of Hip-Hop's Legendary Pioneers

Kathy Iandoli Reflects on the Women Who Succeeded in a Male-Dominated Music Scene

By Kathy Iandoli | October 25, 2019

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

Sasha Sagan on Finding Hope in the Night Sky

By Sasha Sagan | October 24, 2019

How Napoleon's Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

How Napoleon's Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

On Elba, the Ousted General Was Compared to Robinson Crusoe

By Mark Braude | October 24, 2019

The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape

The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape

Carl Phillips on Who's Winning the Oldest Annual Literary Award in America

By Carl Phillips | October 23, 2019

Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

The Post-Eastern Bloc Generation Confronts the Past

By Diane Simmons | October 23, 2019

Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

Destination Baden: Hot Baths, Good Conversation, and a Lot of Gambling

By Orlando Figes | October 23, 2019

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The Trial of Harry Houdini

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West:
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Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

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From William Dalrymple's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

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From Hemingway to Mencken, No One Thought a Woman Could Write About Combat

By Rebecca Onion | October 21, 2019

The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

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How Castro Unintentionally Galvanized a Generation of Cubans

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From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

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Lewis Hyde on the Anniversary of His Bestselling Book The Gift

By Lewis Hyde | October 21, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Mars van Grunsven Visits Galapagos, Then and Now

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

Orwell's Notes on <em>1984</em>: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

Orwell's Notes on 1984: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

objective truth."">"The nightmare feeling caused by the disappearance of
objective truth."

By D.J. Taylor | October 18, 2019

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

Mark Purcell on European Bibliomania and Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries

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