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“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

Madiba K. Dennie on the Antiquated Conservatism Underpinning the United States’ Highest Courts of Law

By Madiba K. Dennie | June 13, 2024

How Astrology Helped Kings and Commoners Alike Make Sense of the World

How Astrology Helped Kings and Commoners Alike Make Sense of the World

Tabitha Stanmore on the Centuries-Old Tradition of Looking to the Stars For Answers

By Tabitha Stanmore | June 4, 2024

Respectability Be Damned: How the Harlem Renaissance Paved the Way for Art by Black Nonbelievers

Respectability Be Damned: How the Harlem Renaissance Paved the Way for Art by Black Nonbelievers

Anthony Pinn Explores How James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, and Others Embraced a New Black Humanism

By Anthony B. Pinn | May 24, 2024

PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

Facing Widespread Criticism, PEN America Responds

By Literary Hub | April 18, 2024

Jesus Had Needs, Too: On the Sacred Blasphemy of <em>The Last Temptation of Christ</em>

Jesus Had Needs, Too: On the Sacred Blasphemy of The Last Temptation of Christ

Ed Simon Considers the Literary and Cinematic Representations of Christianity's Chief Paradox

By Ed Simon | March 29, 2024

Sacrifice and Obedience: Marilynne Robinson on the Timeless Tale of Abraham and Isaac

Sacrifice and Obedience: Marilynne Robinson on the Timeless Tale of Abraham and Isaac

Considering the Narrative Underpinnings of the Book of Genesis

By Marilynne Robinson | March 15, 2024

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Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Danger of Talking Openly About Palestinian Pain

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Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Sahar Delijani on the Legacies of the Arab Spring

By Sahar Delijani | January 23, 2024

How Witches Shifted from Daily Healers to Heretics and Dangerous Women Under Christian Rule

How Witches Shifted from Daily Healers to Heretics and Dangerous Women Under Christian Rule

Marion Gibson on Why Public Perceptions of Witchcraft Changed in the 15th Century

By Marion Gibson | January 22, 2024

Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Philip Pullman, Philip Goff, and Nigel Warburton Ponder the Big Questions of Our Existence

By Philip Pullman, Philip Goff and Nigel Warburton | January 19, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

“Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.”

By Rebecca Solnit | January 11, 2024

Is There Any Bond Stronger than Twinship?

Is There Any Bond Stronger than Twinship?

History, Mythology and Literature Say No

By Helena de Bres | November 8, 2023

How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

On Old Believers, Faith and the Vernacular

By Irina Zhorov | November 1, 2023

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