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

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

Harald Jähner on the Economic, Social and Moral Landscape of Weimar Berlin

By Harald Jähner | September 5, 2024

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

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

“To rise above oppression is the glory of man; to submit is his shame.”

By Kim San | September 5, 2024

On the weird literary origins of <em>Beetlejuice</em> (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...).

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

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

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

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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

How the Massacre of Beziers Marked the Beginning of Centuries of Violence in Europe

How the Massacre of Beziers Marked the Beginning of Centuries of Violence in Europe

T.D. Allman on Medieval Spiritual Corruption and Bloody Religious Warfare in Southern France

By T. D. Allman | August 28, 2024

The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s <em> Vanity Fair Diaries. </em>

The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s Vanity Fair Diaries.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2024

How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes

How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes

Casey Michel on the Long History of Dark Money and Shadowy Influence in the Hallowed Halls of Washington DC

By Casey Michel | August 27, 2024

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s <em>Sally Bowles</em>

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles

Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

By Katherine Bucknell | August 26, 2024

What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

Viktor E. Frankl on the Collective Neuroses That Characterize Our Society

By Viktor E. Frankl | August 26, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

“Vance seems to assume that large numbers of native-born white people don't constitute ethnic enclaves.”

By Rebecca Solnit | August 23, 2024

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