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History
How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word
Moudhy Al-Rashid on the Earliest Forms of Writing
By
Moudhy Al-Rashid
| August 26, 2025
C-SPAN is starting a (very "patriotic") book club.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 25, 2025
Here's what's making us happy
this
week.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 22, 2025
The Black Cauldron
turns 40 this year. Here's why the famous flop is worth a second look.
On bad adaptations, big expectations, and why some myths resist the big screen treatment.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 22, 2025
The Fascist History of Yoga
Stewart Home Explores the Influence of Right-Wing Ideology on the Practice of Yoga
By
Stewart Home
| August 22, 2025
The Making of America’s Frontier Mythology Was the Making of America
Paul Andrew Hutton Explores the Origins and Development of Our National Narrative
By
Paul Andrew Hutton
| August 22, 2025
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide
By
Ryan Bani Tahmaseb
| August 22, 2025
On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp
By
Trish Bendix
| August 21, 2025
Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools
By
Kathleen B. Casey
| August 21, 2025
Crossing the Atlantic During Britain’s Darkest Hour in World War II
Doug Most on the Voyage of the RMS Scythia and the Beginning of America’s Preparation For War
By
Doug Most
| August 20, 2025
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: How Allied Media Reported on the Atomic Bombs’ Devastation
An Oral History of the Coverage What the United States Attempted to Cover Up
By
Garrett M. Graff
| August 20, 2025
Six reissued classics to get hyped for this fall.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 19, 2025
Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery
“Horses were a part of the daily fabric of life for many enslaved Black people.”
By
Bitter Kalli
| August 19, 2025
Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World
Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production
By
Ed Simon
| August 18, 2025
How We Can Achieve a Good Life Through the Help of Others
Sebastian Purcell On Finding the Path to Happiness Using Aztec Philosophy
By
Sebastian Purcell
| August 18, 2025
A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine
The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion
By
Olia Hercules
| August 15, 2025
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