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Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Roland Allen Explores the Millennia-Long History of Jotting Things Down

By Roland Allen | September 9, 2024

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

From Lauren Benton's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “They Called It Peace”

By Lauren Benton | September 9, 2024

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Rebecca L. Davis Examines Battles Over Drag Story Hours and Book Bans Through the Lens of LGBTQ History

By Rebecca L. Davis | September 9, 2024

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Ian Frazier on the Early History of New York City's Northernmost Borough

By Ian Frazier | September 6, 2024

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

From Gary J. Bass's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Judgment at Tokyo”

By Gary J. Bass | September 6, 2024

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | September 5, 2024

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How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

By Harald Jähner | September 5, 2024

Korean Revolutionary Kim San on Moral Courage in the Face of Imperialist Violence

By Kim San | September 5, 2024

On the weird literary origins of Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...).

By Brittany Allen | September 4, 2024

Poetic Prankster: On Rudyard Kipling’s Boundary-Blurring Satire of Bureaucracy

Poetic Prankster: On Rudyard Kipling’s Boundary-Blurring Satire of Bureaucracy

Priyasha Mukhopadhyay Explores the Anglo-Indian Author’s “Departmental Ditties”

By Priyasha Mukhopadhyay | September 4, 2024

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature

By Josephine Quinn | September 4, 2024

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

By Brittany Allen | August 30, 2024

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Frank Andre Guridy on Queer Athletic Activism and the Use of Stadiums as Sites of Political Struggle

By Frank Andre Guridy | August 30, 2024

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

Rob Larson on Income Inequality, Blurring Class Distinctions, and How Money Became Synonymous with Power

By Rob Larson | August 29, 2024

We Live in Uncertain Times... But Haven’t We Always?

We Live in Uncertain Times... But Haven’t We Always?

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza Makes the Case For Being Comfortable With Not Knowing

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | August 29, 2024

What <em>Red Dead Redemption II</em> Reveals About Our Myths of the American West

What Red Dead Redemption II Reveals About Our Myths of the American West

Tore C. Olsson on the Making of a Centuries-Old Obsession at the Heart of American National Identity

By Tore C. Olsson | August 28, 2024

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