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The CIA Scheme That Brought <br><em>Doctor Zhivago</em> to The World

The CIA Scheme That Brought
Doctor Zhivago to The World

It Went All the Way to the Top

By Rebecca Renner | April 12, 2019

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

From Coast to Coast, Old School to New

By Will Ashon | April 12, 2019

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

Bram Presser on Unraveling the Unlikeliest of Family Histories

By Bram Presser | April 11, 2019

When LeRoi Jones Went on<br> <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em>

When LeRoi Jones Went on
The Merv Griffin Show

Introducing Harmony Holiday's Disappearing Archive Series

By Harmony Holiday | April 11, 2019

Not-So-Good Guys with Guns: On the Origins of the NRA

Not-So-Good Guys with Guns: On the Origins of the NRA

Guns Don't Kill People, Horseless Carriages Kill People

By Igor Volsky | April 10, 2019

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

"The metaphor reveals a world behind the world of things."

By Mateo Askaripour | April 10, 2019

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In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

By Sarah Hoenicke | April 9, 2019

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

By Philip Dray | April 8, 2019

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My <br>Father Never Really Had

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My
Father Never Really Had

From Who Killed My Father

By Edouard Louis | April 2, 2019

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

Grigory Yavlinsky Considers Power and Corruption in Contemporary Russia

By Grigory Yavlinsky | April 2, 2019

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

On Father and Mother Divine, and the Peace Mission Movement

By Adam Morris | March 28, 2019

A Brief History of That Most Noble Tuber, the Potato

A Brief History of That Most Noble Tuber, the Potato

Rebecca Earle Brings a Little Humanity to a Humble Vegetable

By Rebecca Earle | March 28, 2019

Aldous Huxley Foresaw America's Pill-Popping Addiction with Eerie Accuracy

Aldous Huxley Foresaw America's Pill-Popping Addiction with Eerie Accuracy

We're Now Living in the Brave New World

By Robert Bennett | March 21, 2019

How Japan Almost Lost a National Symbol to Extinction

How Japan Almost Lost a National Symbol to Extinction

On the Cherry Blossom Tree and the English Gardener Who Saved It

By Naoko Abe | March 19, 2019

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Roy Christopher on the Intersection of Books and Beats

By Roy Christopher | March 18, 2019

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