The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict Guest on Book Dreams

By Book Dreams | November 29, 2021

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2021

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

The Late Activist and Congressman in Conversation with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb

By John Lewis | November 24, 2021

How Black Spiritual Songs Gave Rise to New Musical Genres

How Black Spiritual Songs Gave Rise to New Musical Genres

Joseph Horowitz on Melodies of "Pathos and Exaltation"

By Joseph Horowitz | November 24, 2021

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Revisiting Hunter S. Thompson’s Weird, Brief Stint as a Local Sports Editor

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In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

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Nearly 200 video interviews with ACT UP New York members are now available online.

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What Bob Dylan Does—Or Doesn’t—Know About the Assassination of JFK

What Bob Dylan Does—Or Doesn’t—Know About the Assassination of JFK

Jefferson Morley Revisits the Nobel Laureate’s Recent No. 1, “Murder Most Foul”

By Jefferson Morley | November 22, 2021

Why Black Women Teachers Should Cultivate and Protect Their Spirituality

Why Black Women Teachers Should Cultivate and Protect Their Spirituality

Cynthia B. Dillard on the Sacredness of Knowing, Memory, and Inheritance

By Cynthia B. Dillard | November 22, 2021

On the influential librarian who hated <em>Goodnight Moon</em>.

On the influential librarian who hated Goodnight Moon.

By Walker Caplan | November 19, 2021

Aviva Chomsky on Why Climate Justice Is Just As Important as Science

Aviva Chomsky on Why Climate Justice Is Just As Important as Science

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 19, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Kurt Vonnegut Recall Entering Dresden as a POW

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Kurt Vonnegut Recall Entering Dresden as a POW

By Jonny Diamond | November 18, 2021

How Christian Leaders Made the Case for the Crusades as an Act of... Love?

How Christian Leaders Made the Case for the Crusades as an Act of... Love?

Richard Firth-Godbehere on Saint Augustine's Exception to "Thou Shalt Not Kill"

By Richard Firth-Godbehere | November 18, 2021

What Does It Mean To Be Russian? On Dostoevsky’s Early Literary Ambitions

What Does It Mean To Be Russian? On Dostoevsky’s Early Literary Ambitions

Kevin Birmingham Investigates State Censorship Under Czar Nicholas

By Kevin Birmingham | November 18, 2021

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