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Kate Chopin threw her most famous character under the bus in this ironic rebuttal to critics.

Kate Chopin threw her most famous character under the bus in this ironic rebuttal to critics.

By Corinne Segal | August 23, 2022

What Langston Hughes Understood About How Power Relations Shaped US Census Data

What Langston Hughes Understood About How Power Relations Shaped US Census Data

Dan Bouk on “Madam and the Census Man” and the Untold Stories Behind Census Records

By Dan Bouk | August 23, 2022

The History of Riga’s “Little Nuremberg” Trial

The History of Riga’s “Little Nuremberg” Trial

Linda Kinstler on Paranoia and Justice in Soviet-Occupied Latvia

By Linda Kinstler | August 23, 2022

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

Rasheed Newson on Sexually Accommodating Spaces as Community Hubs, and the Moral Panics That Destroyed Them

By Rasheed Newson | August 23, 2022

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s <em>Hiroshima Mon Amour</em>

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

“We’re afraid. But ultimately, isn’t that necessary from time to time? Especially in film?”

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

Laura Mason in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

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By Kirk Wallace Johnson | August 22, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

How We Humans Created the Universe

How We Humans Created the Universe

Moiya McTier On Our Galaxy's Many Origin Stories

By Moiya McTier | August 17, 2022

On James Joyce, <em>Ulysses</em>, and the Irish Jewish Community

On James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Irish Jewish Community

Jo Glanville Chronicles Her Family's Story in Ireland

By Jo Glanville | August 17, 2022

How the Republican Party Embraced Political Violence Before January 6th

How the Republican Party Embraced Political Violence Before January 6th

Dana Milbank on the Alarming Origins of the Current Political Moment

By Dana Milbank | August 15, 2022

Behind the Scenes of Virginia Woolf's First Self-Published Story

Behind the Scenes of Virginia Woolf's First Self-Published Story

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 15, 2022

A Pig and a Locust Get Into Serious Trouble With the Law: On Justice in Medieval Europe

A Pig and a Locust Get Into Serious Trouble With the Law: On Justice in Medieval Europe

Arran Lomas Details The Gruesome Methods of Proving Guilt or Innocence in the Middle Ages

By Arran Lomas | August 12, 2022

Impossible Decisions at a Hurricane-Ravaged Hospital in New Orleans

Impossible Decisions at a Hurricane-Ravaged Hospital in New Orleans

Read a Scene from Five Days at Memorial, Newly Adapted by Apple TV+

By Sheri Fink | August 12, 2022

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