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The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

Kassandra Montag on Learning to Write Blunt, Unabashed Characters

By Kassandra Montag | September 13, 2019

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

“No harm if true; but, in fact, not true.” (Buckle Up for 2020)

By Jaime Fuller | September 12, 2019

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

When Faber & Faber’s T.S. Eliot Passed on George Orwell (and More)

By Toby Faber | September 12, 2019

The Eerily Prescient Lessons of<br> <em>Darkness at Noon</em>

The Eerily Prescient Lessons of
Darkness at Noon

Michael Scammell on the Eternal Totalitarian Truths of Arthur Koestler's Classic

By Michael Scammell | September 12, 2019

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

Lata Brandisová Probably Would Have Also Punched Them

By Richard Askwith | September 12, 2019

Tangled Histories of Family and Empire, England and Jamaica

Tangled Histories of Family and Empire, England and Jamaica

Hazel V. Carby on Generations of a Black British Family

By Hazel V. Carby | September 12, 2019

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Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

From Wall Street to Chicago's South Side: When Global Economics Make Local Progress Nearly Impossible

By Nicholas Lemann | September 11, 2019

The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

By Duncan White | September 10, 2019

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

On the Genius of Filippo Brunelleschi

By Amir Alexander | September 10, 2019

What Happened to the American Citizen-Soldier?

What Happened to the American Citizen-Soldier?

A Former US Army Intelligence Officer's Lessons from
the Roman Republic

By Steele Brand | September 9, 2019

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek

By Slavoj Žižek | September 9, 2019

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

Left-Wing Rebels, Civil Rights Fighters, and the Cult of Mao
in the 1960s and 70s

By Julia Lovell | September 5, 2019

Prince Albert's Dream of an Industrial Britain

Prince Albert's Dream of an Industrial Britain

Building Up to the Great Exhibition of 1851, the World's
First World Fair

By A.N. Wilson | September 5, 2019

The Monster That Drew Crowds to a Small Midwestern Town

The Monster That Drew Crowds to a Small Midwestern Town

Let Us Now Hear the Tale of the Hodag

By B.J. Hollars | September 4, 2019

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

Why Can't We Look Away from the Worst of Humanity?

By Aimee Knight | September 3, 2019

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