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The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

Charles Postel on the Temperance Crusade That Galvanized the American Women's Movement

By Charles Postel | August 21, 2019

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

On Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, and the Hothouse of Parisian Art

By Sue Roe | August 20, 2019

Amitav Ghosh and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Indian Epics in Modern Novels

Amitav Ghosh and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Indian Epics in Modern Novels

The Authors of Gun Island and The Forest of Enchantments in Conversation

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2019

For the Love of Horses, From Girlhood to Old Age

For the Love of Horses, From Girlhood to Old Age

Tory Bilski Recommends 5 Books for the Equine Set

By Tory Bilski | August 19, 2019

How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?

How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?

A Brief History of the Pseudoscience Behind the Myth of the "Average"

By Jonathan Mooney | August 16, 2019

The Real Heroes: <br>On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

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Hannah Steinkopf-Frank in Conversation with Her Mom, Deborah, and the Novelist Rebecca Makkai

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David Carlin on Absent Fathers and Missing Histories

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