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The Parkmaker and the Formgiver: On the Creative Friendship That Reshaped the American Streetscape 

The Parkmaker and the Formgiver: On the Creative Friendship That Reshaped the American Streetscape 

Hugh Howard on the Collaboration Between Frederick Law Olmsted and Henry Hobson Richardson

By Hugh Howard | January 26, 2022

David S. Rudolf on the Dark Side of America’s Criminal Justice System

David S. Rudolf on the Dark Side of America’s Criminal Justice System

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 26, 2022

On the Pioneering Black Female Lawyer Who Took Racism to Court

On the Pioneering Black Female Lawyer Who Took Racism to Court

Tomiko Brown-Nagin Looks at Constance Baker Motley’s Remarkable Early Career

By Tomiko Brown-Nagin | January 26, 2022

Edith Wharton’s groundbreaking Pulitzer was originally meant for Sinclair Lewis.

Edith Wharton’s groundbreaking Pulitzer was originally meant for Sinclair Lewis.

By Walker Caplan | January 25, 2022

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

Carl Erik Fisher on the "Drunkard" Character and Early Prohibitionist Campaigns

By Carl Erik Fisher | January 25, 2022

On the Spiritual and Historical Significance of “Divine Footprints”

On the Spiritual and Historical Significance of “Divine Footprints”

Francesca Stavrakopoulou Looks Closely at Religious Texts

By Francesca Stavrakopoulou | January 25, 2022

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Read Arthur Miller’s steamy love letter to Marilyn Monroe.

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The Complicated History of the <em>Black Joke</em>, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

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A.E. Rooks on the Ongoing Repercussions of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By A.E. Rooks | January 21, 2022

“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

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Can Generation Z Save America? (And Should They Have To?)

Can Generation Z Save America? (And Should They Have To?)

John Della Volpe Wonders If Demography Can Save Democracy

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Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

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And How “Public Indifference” Reinforces the Status Quo

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“Poetry Wedded to Science.” On the Love and Legacy of Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman

“Poetry Wedded to Science.” On the Love and Legacy of Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman

Julie Dobrow Investigates the Political Implications of Interracial Marriage in 19th-Century America

By Julie Dobrow | January 20, 2022

The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

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Lea Ypi on Growing Up Within an Isolated Country

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Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

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