Polar Nightmare: On One of the First International Expeditions of the Modern Era

Polar Nightmare: On One of the First International Expeditions of the Modern Era

Julian Sancton Considers the Belgica Expedition and Frederick Albert Cook as an Antihero

By Julian Sancton | May 4, 2021

How Malcolm X Inspired John Coltrane to Embrace Islamic Spirituality

How Malcolm X Inspired John Coltrane to Embrace Islamic Spirituality

Richard Brent Turner on A Love Supreme, Artistic Transformation, and the Black Arts Movement

By Richard Brent Turner | May 4, 2021

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

How To: On the Unlikely Political and Cultural Power of the DIY Manual

Bethany Kaylor Digs Into the History of Doing It Yourself

By Bethany Kaylor | May 3, 2021

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Clayton Wickham Rereads The Drinker

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Thoughts on Sports, Real Estate, and Drinking: Robert Frost Writes to His Son

Thoughts on Sports, Real Estate, and Drinking: Robert Frost Writes to His Son

“We needn’t feel very far away from each other.”

By Literary Hub | May 3, 2021

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2021

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Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

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Phoebe S.K. Young on the Political Implications of Camping

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | April 29, 2021

False Memories and Manufactured Myths: Growing Up in a Conspiracy Theory Household

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Faith Merino Wonders How We All Got So Much Wrong

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How Should the US Post Office Function in 2021?

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Cameron Blevins in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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The Man Who Set Out to Kill Segregation... or Be Killed by It

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Charles Person Remembers Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Movement in Birmingham

By Charles Person | April 28, 2021

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by <em>The New Yorker</em>.

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by The New Yorker.

By Walker Caplan | April 27, 2021

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

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Kent Wong on a Childhood Amid Unstable and Dangerous Times

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