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

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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

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

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

By Walker Caplan | January 24, 2022

How <em>Paris is Burning</em> Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

How Paris is Burning Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

Ricky Tucker on the Magic of Queer Blackness

By Ricky Tucker | January 24, 2022

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

By Walker Caplan | January 21, 2022

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

The Complicated History of the Black Joke, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

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

By A.E. Rooks | January 21, 2022

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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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Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

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