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The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

Siân Evans on the Daring Women Whose Transatlantic Journeys Challenged Gender Roles

By Siân Evans | August 12, 2021

James Daly on the D-Day Operations That Never Happened

James Daly on the D-Day Operations That Never Happened

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | August 12, 2021

Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

“Hate speech renders dialogue impossible.”

By Siri Hustvedt | August 11, 2021

Remembering the Artists Who Were Among the Early Victims of Nazi Death Camps

Remembering the Artists Who Were Among the Early Victims of Nazi Death Camps

Charlie English on Hitler’s Gesamtkunstwerk and the Murder of Psychiatric Populations

By Charlie English | August 11, 2021

Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of <em>The Hobbit</em>.

Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of The Hobbit.

By Walker Caplan | August 10, 2021

The White Christian Nationalism Behind the Worst Terrorist Attack in American History

The White Christian Nationalism Behind the Worst Terrorist Attack in American History

Spencer Ackerman on the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Media’s Islamophobic Response

By Spencer Ackerman | August 10, 2021

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The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory

By Harry Cliff | August 10, 2021

Read Tove Jansson’s short story composed of bizarre fan letters.

By Walker Caplan | August 9, 2021

A Day in the Life of an 11-Year-Old Spy in 1939 Berlin

By Rebecca Donner | August 9, 2021

What Visiting Plantations Taught Me About Historical Erasure

What Visiting Plantations Taught Me About Historical Erasure

LaTanya McQueen on Piecing Together Her Family's Past

By LaTanya McQueen | August 9, 2021

On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

On the Rise of the Icelandic Saga as Written Literature

Arthur Herman Gets at the Heart of the Sagas’ Perennial Appeal

By Arthur Herman | August 9, 2021

Ron Nyren on Delving into San Francisco’s Storied History

Ron Nyren on Delving into San Francisco’s Storied History

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on New Books Network

By New Books Network | August 7, 2021

Take a look at a young Flannery O’Connor’s satirical cartoons.

Take a look at a young Flannery O’Connor’s satirical cartoons.

By Walker Caplan | August 6, 2021

Edward J. Watts on the Fall of Rome and the Dangerous Rhetoric of Decline

Edward J. Watts on the Fall of Rome and the Dangerous Rhetoric of Decline

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 5, 2021

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Philip V. McHarris Traces a Line Through American Chattel Slavery, Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and the “War on Drugs”

By Philip V. McHarris | August 4, 2021

Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

Tim Higgins Looks Back at Detroit’s Reaction to Elon Musk’s Upstart

By Tim Higgins | August 4, 2021

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