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How a Mutiny on the <em>Somers</em> Changed America

How a Mutiny on the Somers Changed America

“No case of the century, prior to the assassination of President Lincoln, aroused as much interest and passion.”

By Richard Snow | November 21, 2023

The Marvels of Qu: What Makes Chinese Food and Drink Unique

The Marvels of Qu: What Makes Chinese Food and Drink Unique

Fuchsia Dunlop In Praise of This Multifaceted, Deliciously Diverse Cuisine

By Fuchsia Dunlop | November 21, 2023

How the Publicity Campaign for <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em> Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

How the Publicity Campaign for Killers of the Flower Moon Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour

Paul Morton on the Performance of Authenticity and the Native Stories Left to Tell

By Paul Morton | November 20, 2023

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

It All Began With a Trip to the Bathroom

By Robert von Goeben | November 20, 2023

A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

Tim Robinson on the Lore of Sea and Shore in Ireland

By Tim Robinson | November 17, 2023

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

Courtney Thorsson on the Emergence of a Black Feminist Literary Culture in America

By Courtney Thorsson | November 17, 2023

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How the NYPD Attempted to Navigate Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in the Early 20th Century

By Matthew Guariglia | November 17, 2023

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

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Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

By Ellen Adams | November 15, 2023

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

"This spring, I fell in love with John Gower, who died in 1408."

By Katherine Churchill | November 15, 2023

1848: Europe's Year of Revolt and Revolution

1848: Europe's Year of Revolt and Revolution

From Christopher Clark's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Revolutionary Spring

By Christopher Clark | November 15, 2023

Kali Fajardo-Anstine in Praise of Willa Cather and the American Southwest

Kali Fajardo-Anstine in Praise of Willa Cather and the American Southwest

On Death Comes for the Archbishop and Literary Neighbors

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine | November 14, 2023

40 Books to Understand Palestine

40 Books to Understand Palestine

From Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun" to Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail"

By Literary Hub | November 14, 2023

Why We Should Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

Why We Should Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

Six Scholars on the Most Important 844,421 Words in Literature

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2023

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

How Physical Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio Cemented the Bard's Legacy

By Ed Simon | November 13, 2023

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