Voices of the People: 5 Books That Expand Our Ideas<br> of Oral History

Voices of the People: 5 Books That Expand Our Ideas
of Oral History

Craig Taylor Recommends Svetlana Alexievich,
Ronald Blythe, and More

By Craig Taylor | March 24, 2021

Helen Frankenthaler: From High Society to Downtown Art Scene in 1950s NYC

Helen Frankenthaler: From High Society to Downtown Art Scene in 1950s NYC

Alexander Nemerov on the Life and Times an American Painter

By Alexander Nemerov | March 23, 2021

Listen to a wax cylinder recording of Alfred Tennyson reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

Listen to a wax cylinder recording of Alfred Tennyson reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

By Walker Caplan | March 22, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

Patron Saint of the Wall Street Fraudster: Who Was <br>Charles Ponzi?

Patron Saint of the Wall Street Fraudster: Who Was
Charles Ponzi?

Dan Davies on Rise and Fall of the Eponymous Schemer

By Dan Davies | March 22, 2021

How the Barbizon Gave Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion Freedom and Creative Autonomy

How the Barbizon Gave Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion Freedom and Creative Autonomy

Paulina Bren on Life at New York's Most Famous Women’s-Only Hotel

By Paulina Bren | March 19, 2021

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Sara Franklin on the Powerful Unsung Legacy of Edna Lewis, A Great Southern Chef

By Diep Tran | March 19, 2021

Thelma Golden on the Future of Harlem

By The Quarantine Tapes | March 19, 2021

Harriet A. Washington on the Narrative Around Vaccine Hesitancy in the African American Community

By Keen On | March 19, 2021

Here are a few of John Updike’s kindest, most cutting literary pans.

Here are a few of John Updike’s kindest, most cutting literary pans.

By Walker Caplan | March 18, 2021

This website turns all our collective Wikipedia editing into ambient music in real time.

This website turns all our collective Wikipedia editing into ambient music in real time.

By Walker Caplan | March 18, 2021

How the Early Internet Helped with the “Rebirth” of New York City

How the Early Internet Helped with the “Rebirth” of New York City

Thomas Dyja on the Big Apple as “High Tech Boomtown”

By Thomas Dyja | March 18, 2021

On the Undeniable Lure of the Historic Literary Home

On the Undeniable Lure of the Historic Literary Home

Elizabeth Brooks Visits Some Classic English Estates

By Elizabeth Brooks | March 18, 2021

How Cairo Became a Cosmopolitan Destination in the 1920s

How Cairo Became a Cosmopolitan Destination in the 1920s

Raphael Cormack on Egypt's Interwar Nightlife Boom

By Raphael Cormack | March 18, 2021

Wendy Lower on the Political Power of Photography

Wendy Lower on the Political Power of Photography

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | March 18, 2021

Ibram X. Kendi is resurrecting the country's first abolitionist newspaper for 2021.

Ibram X. Kendi is resurrecting the country's first abolitionist newspaper for 2021.

By Vanessa Willoughby | March 17, 2021

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