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How Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag Looked at Photos<br> of Violence

How Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag Looked at Photos
of Violence

On Photography and Complicity

By Pepper Stetler | May 1, 2020

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

Kim-Anh Schreiber on Inhabiting a Territory Defined by Loss

By Kim-Anh Schreiber | April 30, 2020

The Saint and I: On Augustine and Writing About Mothers

The Saint and I: On Augustine and Writing About Mothers

Natalie Carnes on What the Confessions Got Wrong

By Natalie Carnes | April 28, 2020

On Frances Burney and the Birth of 'Chick Lit'

On Frances Burney and the Birth of 'Chick Lit'

A Groundbreaking Storytelling Formula Since the 18th Century

By Gina Fattore | April 27, 2020

Why Are We Obsessed With Writers' Houses?

Why Are We Obsessed With Writers' Houses?

Elisa Wouk Almino on an Age-Old Fascination

By Elisa Wouk Almino | April 27, 2020

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Elizabeth F. Thompson on a Diplomatic Ruse That Transformed the Middle East

By Elizabeth F. Thompson | April 24, 2020

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On the Rise and Fall of ISIS

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The Cast of Characters at Chelsea's Legendary
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By Michael Rips | April 22, 2020

Finding a Way Forward from the Pandemic in the Words of the Poets

By Lawrence Joseph | April 22, 2020

The Decade John Berger Became an Art World Revolutionary

The Decade John Berger Became an Art World Revolutionary

Joshua Sperling on His Turn to Reinterpreting the Past

By Joshua Sperling | April 21, 2020

How the Trump Presidency Became a Hotbed of Conspiracy Theory

How the Trump Presidency Became a Hotbed of Conspiracy Theory

David Rohde on Truth and Misinformation

By David Rohde | April 21, 2020

How Did Writers Survive the <br>First Great Depression?

How Did Writers Survive the
First Great Depression?

Jason Boog Looks Back to Figure Out How to Go Forward

By Jason Boog | April 20, 2020

What We Remember When <br>We Walk in the City

What We Remember When
We Walk in the City

Lauren Elkin on the Yearning to Leave an Imprint

By Lauren Elkin | April 20, 2020

Misquoting Hippocrates to Promote Diet Culture?

Misquoting Hippocrates to Promote Diet Culture?

How a Greek Figure Became the Face of Weight-Loss Campaigns

By Helen Morales | April 20, 2020

Why Do We Swim?

Why Do We Swim?

Bonnie Tsui on Confronting the Open Water

By Bonnie Tsui | April 16, 2020

Where They Sing to the River: Sierra Nevada, the Heart<br> of the World

Where They Sing to the River: Sierra Nevada, the Heart
of the World

With the Arhuaco on the Sacred Magdalena River

By Wade Davis | April 15, 2020

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