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How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

Michael Brooks on the Surprising Sophistication of “Finger-Counting”

By Michael Brooks | January 18, 2022

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

A Report from the Archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Jim Moske | January 18, 2022

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

By Walker Caplan | January 14, 2022

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

"Fear nests within other fears, is encircled by it."

By Jonathan Gleason | January 14, 2022

James Joyce was only 9 years old when he published his first poem.

James Joyce was only 9 years old when he published his first poem.

By Walker Caplan | January 13, 2022

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Learning From <em>Almanac of the Dead</em>, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

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Lou Cornum on Leslie Marmon Silko's Magnum Opus

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