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The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

On the Life of Noah Purifoy, Keeper of the Watts Towers

By Kellie Jones | May 25, 2017

The Boxer and The Professor: Friendships of the Lost Generation

The Boxer and The Professor: Friendships of the Lost Generation

On Café Life with Hemingway and Dos Passos

By James McGrath Morris | May 11, 2017

American Stories Are Refugee Stories

American Stories Are Refugee Stories

Bich Nguyen Contemplates the Fall of Saigon, and Everything After

By Beth Nguyen | May 1, 2017

Performing <em>Hamlet</em> in a Sandstorm at a Syrian Refugee Camp

Performing Hamlet in a Sandstorm at a Syrian Refugee Camp

"This was fear of God, of the end of days, not of a weather event"

By Dominic Dromgoole | April 21, 2017

The Witches of Suburbia

The Witches of Suburbia

Good Witches Get Domesticated; Wicked Witches Are Made an Example

By Willem De Blécourt | April 14, 2017

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

The Notorious Legends and Dubious Stories of 10 Literary Deaths

Whose clothes were those, Poe?

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2017

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Actual Social Justice Warriors: The Women of Celtic Mythology

By Philip Freeman | April 10, 2017

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History of a Disappearance

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Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

On the Rewrites, Random Additions, and Many Changes to the Bard's Plays

By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney | March 20, 2017

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

On the anniversary of the publication of The Scarlet Letter

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2017

The Doctor Who Made Addicts of the Nazis

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On Methamphetamine Use in the Third Reich

By Norman Ohler | March 7, 2017

A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake

Rethinking an Early-American Captivity Narrative

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A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

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On Hobey Baker, and the Beginning of the American Century

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Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

Some Things You May Not Have Known About Edith Wharton's Dog Obsession

On the 155th anniversary of Wharton's birth, a tribute to her very favorite thing

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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. on His Son's Legacy

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. on His Son's Legacy

"M.L. had chosen to do was unquestionably right."

By The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. | January 16, 2017

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