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Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

Ilan Stavans on Belonging, Bookishness, and Memory

By Ilan Stavans | July 9, 2021

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 9, 2021

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

Lucy Jane Santos on the Most Dangerous Skincare Ingredient of the Early 20th Century

By Lucy Jane Santos | July 8, 2021

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A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

By Julia Baird | July 7, 2021

In the Footsteps of Garibaldi: Tim Parks Traverses Italy—and Two Centuries of History

By Tim Parks | July 7, 2021

On the Dancing Craze That<br> Swept Post-WWI Paris

On the Dancing Craze That
Swept Post-WWI Paris

Dominique Kalifa on the Very French “Appetite for Living”

By Dominique Kalifa | July 6, 2021

On E.M. Forster’s <em>Maurice</em> and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

On E.M. Forster’s Maurice and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

William di Canzio on the Personal and Literary Inspirations
Behind His Novel

By William di Canzio | July 6, 2021

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi Discuss the Memoir of an Extraordinary Life

By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi | July 6, 2021

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

What Racial Hierarchy and Segregation Do to the Soul of a Nation

By Theodore R. Johnson | July 2, 2021

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner Recount a History-Making Protest

By Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner | July 2, 2021

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

George Packer on This Uncertain Union of Strangers

By George Packer | July 2, 2021

The Century of <em>Captain America</em>: A Brief History of a Beloved Comic

The Century of Captain America: A Brief History of a Beloved Comic

Roy Thomas on the Rise of an Iconic Illustrated Figure

By Roy Thomas | July 2, 2021

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