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How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

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“Is That a First Edition of <em>The Iliad</em>?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

“Is That a First Edition of The Iliad?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

On Constantine Simonides, a Mysterious Stranger in the Cotswolds...

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How Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker Made Music History Together

How Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker Made Music History Together

Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill on the Fraught Yet Successful Partnership of Two Industry Titans

By Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill | November 30, 2023

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

On the Odd Case of the Musical Anhedonic

By Michel Faber | November 29, 2023

Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68

Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68

Nick Ripatrazone Recounts Jim Harrison’s Brief Tenure in the Halls of Academia

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 29, 2023

Why We Need a Women’s History of the Roman Empire

Why We Need a Women’s History of the Roman Empire

Emma Southon Offers Five Myth-busting Facts About Women in Ancient Rome

By Emma Southon | November 28, 2023

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How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities

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The Horrific Factory Fire That Killed Jewish Immigrants and Forced the Garment Industry to Alter Its Practices

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

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

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

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

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

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The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

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A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

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Tim Robinson on the Lore of Sea and Shore in Ireland

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