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This is how over 40% of NYC bookstores became unionized.

This is how over 40% of NYC bookstores became unionized.

By James Folta | June 24, 2025

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Aron Solomon Looks at American Law Through a Jazz Age Lens

By Aron Solomon | June 24, 2025

Sodom and Gomorrah on Celluloid: How the Hays Code Took the Sex Out of Hollywood

Sodom and Gomorrah on Celluloid: How the Hays Code Took the Sex Out of Hollywood

Michael Koresky on the Influence of Catholic Moralism in the Early Days of American Film

By Michael Koresky | June 24, 2025

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

Sally Ventura Tells the Story of 1974’s Olean, New York High School Murders

By Sally Ventura | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

By John Birdsall | June 20, 2025

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How Medieval Monks and Scribes Helped Preserve Classical Culture

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Bernd Roeck on the Role of Monasteries in Laying the Intellectual Groundwork for the Renaissance

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Power, Motherhood and Murder: On the Life and Death of Agrippina the Younger

Power, Motherhood and Murder: On the Life and Death of Agrippina the Younger

Diana Arterian Explores the All-Consuming Ancient Obsession Behind Her Latest Poetry Collection

By Diana Arterian | June 16, 2025

How Exactly <em>Did</em> Hunter-Gatherers Sleep? On Rest and Relaxation in the Prehistoric Era

How Exactly Did Hunter-Gatherers Sleep? On Rest and Relaxation in the Prehistoric Era

Dr. Merijn van de Laar Explores the Sleeping Patterns and Habits of Our Earliest Ancestors

By Merijn van de Laar | June 13, 2025

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s <em>Iliad</em>

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Emily Hauser Explores Ancient Greek Visions of Gender

By Emily Hauser | June 13, 2025

Taking Up Space: Relationships as Sites of Social Transformation

Taking Up Space: Relationships as Sites of Social Transformation

Prentis Hemphill Encourages Us to Reevaluate Our Conceptions of Embodiment, Space and Human Connection

By Prentis Hemphill | June 13, 2025

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche

Matthew Gavin Frank Explores the Dark Side of Our Desire to Explore the Ocean’s Depths

By Matthew Gavin Frank | June 12, 2025

Courting Fatal Passions: How Michael Hardwick Helped Overturn America’s Sodomy Laws

Courting Fatal Passions: How Michael Hardwick Helped Overturn America’s Sodomy Laws

Martin Padgett Recounts a Paradigm-Shifting Legal Case in Georgia

By Martin Padgett | June 12, 2025

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