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On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

Vicki Valosik on Our Millennia Long Love-Hate Relationship With Getting in the Water

By Vicki Valosik | June 27, 2024

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Adam Smyth on Nancy Cunard, the Woman Who First Discovered the Future Nobel Laureate

By Adam Smyth | June 26, 2024

Generation Franchise: <br>Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Generation Franchise:
Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Jess Row on the Ubiquity of the Digital Persona, From Child Stars to Disney Adults

By Jess Row | June 26, 2024

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

Howard Markel on the Debate That Forever Transformed Our Understanding of the Natural World

By Howard Markel | June 25, 2024

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s <em>Tamerlane</em>

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

By Bradford Morrow | June 25, 2024

75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

By Elif Shafak | June 24, 2024

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What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

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Catherine Joy White on Black Women's Long History of Resistance and Collective Struggle

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Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

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Poet-in-Residence for “Byron 200” Scarlett Sabet Considers Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries

By Scarlett Sabet | June 14, 2024

“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

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Madiba K. Dennie on the Antiquated Conservatism Underpinning the United States’ Highest Courts of Law

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