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Inside a Progressive Hotbed in Early 20th-Century New York

Inside a Progressive Hotbed in Early 20th-Century New York

On Rose Pastor and the Activists of the University Settlement Society

By Adam Hochschild | March 5, 2020

Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 4, 2020

How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

Tracking Adversaries, Hiding Evidence, and Other No
Good Dirty Deeds

By Alana Mohamed | March 4, 2020

Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Dylan Byron on the Self-Discovery of Early Literary Love

By Dylan Byron | March 3, 2020

Tim Bakken on the Self-Deluded Hubris at the Heart of the American Military

Tim Bakken on the Self-Deluded Hubris at the Heart of the American Military

A Tale as Old as West Point

By Tim Bakken | March 2, 2020

When Robert Moses Wiped Out New York's 'Little Syria'

When Robert Moses Wiped Out New York's 'Little Syria'

What Happened to the Former Main Street of Syrian America

By Matt Kapp | February 28, 2020

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By Martha Ackmann | February 26, 2020

Erik Larson on Writing Wartime Life During the London Blitz

Erik Larson on Writing Wartime Life During the London Blitz

The Author of The Splendid and The Vile Answers 5 Questions

By Literary Hub | February 25, 2020

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Gretel Ehrlich on Yuri Rythkeu's Eulogy for the Chukchi Whale Hunt

By Gretel Ehrlich | February 24, 2020

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Emily Van Duyne on the Lure of Charismatic, Abusive Men

By Emily Van Duyne | February 24, 2020

When Langston Hughes Went to Report on the<br> Spanish Civil War

When Langston Hughes Went to Report on the
Spanish Civil War

A Poet Glimpses Franco's Spain

By W. Jason Miller | February 24, 2020

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Jerry Mitchell Revisits a Dark Episode in the Struggle for Civil Rights

By Jerry Mitchell | February 24, 2020

Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin.

Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of<br> Amelia Earhart

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of
Amelia Earhart

A Missing Pilot and Her Poems

By Traci Brimhall | February 21, 2020

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