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Who Is the “Noted Writer” Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery?

Who Is the “Noted Writer” Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery?

Nicky Beer Searches For a Long-Lost Writer in the Family

By Nicky Beer | January 9, 2023

The Original <em>Pinocchio</em> Is a Radical Anti-Work Story

The Original Pinocchio Is a Radical Anti-Work Story

Alessandro Delfanti on Late-19th-Century Italy and the Strings That Pull Us

By Alessandro Delfanti | January 6, 2023

We <em>Can’t</em> Do It: How Women’s Contributions to Fighting Fascism Were Forgotten

We Can’t Do It: How Women’s Contributions to Fighting Fascism Were Forgotten

Natasha Lester on the Collective Amnesia Around Women’s Accomplishments After World War II

By Natasha Lester | January 6, 2023

How Mussolini's Legacy Lives on in Both the Public and Private Spheres

How Mussolini's Legacy Lives on in Both the Public and Private Spheres

Andrea Bajani on Fascism and Family in Modern Italy

By Andrea Bajani | January 5, 2023

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

Aanchal Malhotra Tells the Story of Indian Partition

By Aanchal Malhotra | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

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Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

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What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

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How to Escape the Culture-War Paranoia That Has Infected American Politics Since the Sixties

By Keen On | December 31, 2022

Why Watergate Will Never Die: The Moral Lessons of One of Nixon's White House Plumbers

Why Watergate Will Never Die: The Moral Lessons of One of Nixon's White House Plumbers

Matthew Krogh in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 28, 2022

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

Estelle Paranque on a Tumultuous Childhood and a High-Stakes Betrothal

By Estelle Paranque | December 22, 2022

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

Daniel Akst on the Unconventional Origins of the Modern Antiwar Movement

By Daniel Akst | December 21, 2022

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Heather Cass White Unearths the Correspondence Between a Poet and His Faithful Reader

By Heather Cass White | December 20, 2022

Reading Ezra Pound in the Neofascist Age of Trump

Reading Ezra Pound in the Neofascist Age of Trump

Tom Rea Confronts Fascism, Past and Present

By Tom Rea | December 20, 2022

Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

Federico Chiara on How Ken Scott Turned the Runway Into a Stage

By Federico Chiara | December 19, 2022

What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the <em>Titanic</em>?

What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the Titanic?

Emma Smith on Transatlantic Book Collecting in the Early 20th Century

By Emma Smith | December 19, 2022

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