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How Astronaut Class 8 Broke Racial and Gender Barriers

How Astronaut Class 8 Broke Racial and Gender Barriers

Meredith Bagby on NASA's Earliest Efforts at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

By Meredith Bagby | February 7, 2023

What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

Martin Puchner on the Survival of Culture Throughout the Ages

By Martin Puchner | February 7, 2023

Kwame Dawes on <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>

Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

By Kwame Dawes | February 6, 2023

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Into the Journal Archives for Gass, Murdoch, Elkin, and More

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 3, 2023

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Kevin Cook on the Rise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidian Cult

By Kevin Cook | February 2, 2023

The Return of the Dissident Academic Model: Balazs Trencsenyi on the Invisible University for Ukraine

The Return of the Dissident Academic Model: Balazs Trencsenyi on the Invisible University for Ukraine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 2, 2023

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Revisiting Svetlana Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War During Russia’s War on Ukraine

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How a Leading Voice of Eswatini Culture Was Erased From History

How a Leading Voice of Eswatini Culture Was Erased From History

Joel Cabrita on Regina Gelana Twala and the Legacy of Racism and Sexism in Southern Africa

By Joel Cabrita | January 30, 2023

Journeys of a Humanitarian: How Jane Olson Emulated Her Hero Eleanor Roosevelt to Become a World Citizen

Journeys of a Humanitarian: How Jane Olson Emulated Her Hero Eleanor Roosevelt to Become a World Citizen

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 30, 2023

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Daphne Sullivan’s Sunnily Subversive Hedonism is Best Described by Midcentury Writer Rebecca West

Julia Cooke on the Lauded Character’s Imaginary Vengeance in The White Lotus

By Julia Cooke | January 27, 2023

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

How a Catholic Priest Discovered the Expansion of the Universe

Dan Levitt on Georges Lemaître’s Dual Devotion to Science and Faith

By Dan Levitt | January 26, 2023

The Invention of Fettuccine Alfredo: A Love Story

The Invention of Fettuccine Alfredo: A Love Story

A Brief History of a Beloved Pasta Dish

By Luca Cesari | January 26, 2023

Forget Generative AI: Margaret Heffernan on Why the Future Remains Up To Us

Forget Generative AI: Margaret Heffernan on Why the Future Remains Up To Us

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 26, 2023

This Is Not Who We Are: Zachary Shore on America’s Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue

This Is Not Who We Are: Zachary Shore on America’s Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 26, 2023

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