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Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

By Alan Jacobs | September 13, 2021

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 13, 2021

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Nick Davis on His Renowned Family and the Mysteries That Still Remain

By Nick Davis | September 13, 2021

City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

Photographer Rachel Cobb on Documenting a Disaster While It Is Still Unfolding

By Rachel Cobb | September 11, 2021

On How New Yorkers Turned to Poetry After 9/11

On How New Yorkers Turned to Poetry After 9/11

Dennis Johnson: “As word circulated through the poetry community the project began to snowball.”

By Dennis Johnson | September 10, 2021

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

Samuel Moyn Considers Prince Andrei, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Rules of War

By Samuel Moyn | September 10, 2021

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9/11 and Everything After: On Bearing Witness to History Through the Eyes of My Daughter

By Sasha Sagan | September 10, 2021

S. Qiouyi Lu on Surveillance Technology, Experimental Narratives, and Neopronouns

By New Books Network | September 10, 2021

From the Fall of the Towers to Building Anew

By Joe Woolhead | September 10, 2021

Remembering the Marine Workers Who Ferried New Yorkers to Safety on 9/11

Remembering the Marine Workers Who Ferried New Yorkers to Safety on 9/11

Jessica DuLong on Making History in New York Harbor

By Jessica DuLong | September 10, 2021

How the History of German-Jewish Refugee Soldiers During WWII Shaped My Novel

How the History of German-Jewish Refugee Soldiers During WWII Shaped My Novel

Ellen Feldman on the Fascinating Story of the Ritchie Boys

By Ellen Feldman | September 10, 2021

The Three Women of Bronzeville: On Finding Safety in My Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt

The Three Women of Bronzeville: On Finding Safety in My Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt

Dawn Turner Chronicles Her Sprawling Family History and Growing Up on the South Side of Chicago

By Dawn Turner | September 10, 2021

Les Standiford on Why the Circus Is Key to Understanding Who We Are

Les Standiford on Why the Circus Is Key to Understanding Who We Are

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | September 10, 2021

Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

By Walker Caplan | September 9, 2021

How Native Basketball Challenged Colonial Hegemony and Rejected Conformity

How Native Basketball Challenged Colonial Hegemony and Rejected Conformity

Abe Streep on the History of Indigenous Youth Who Turned Adversity into Opportunity

By Abe Streep | September 9, 2021

<em>Amanita Muscaria</em>, the Real Life Mushroom We Know From Disney Movies

Amanita Muscaria, the Real Life Mushroom We Know From Disney Movies

Aliya Whiteley on the Potency and Fantastical Imagery of the Fungi

By Aliya Whiteley | September 9, 2021

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