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Rich Cohen on the First Gangster of New York City

Rich Cohen on the First Gangster of New York City

The Author of The Last Pirate of New York on Just the Right Book
with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | August 22, 2019

For Wittgenstein, Philosophy Had to Be as Complicated as the Knots it Unties

For Wittgenstein, Philosophy Had to Be as Complicated as the Knots it Unties

Making Sense of Nonsense, From Bertrand Russell to the Existentialists

By Jonathan Rée | August 21, 2019

On Victor Hugo's Posthumous Career as a Religious Prophet

On Victor Hugo's Posthumous Career as a Religious Prophet

How The Author of Les Misérables Became a Fixture of Cao Dai

By Abby Walthausen | August 21, 2019

Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

Bookish Ambition! Awkward Gentleness! Goth Sexiness! He Had It All

By Boze Herrington | August 21, 2019

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

Charles Postel on the Temperance Crusade That Galvanized the American Women's Movement

By Charles Postel | August 21, 2019

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

On Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, and the Hothouse of Parisian Art

By Sue Roe | August 20, 2019

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Amitav Ghosh and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Indian Epics in Modern Novels

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2019

For the Love of Horses, From Girlhood to Old Age

By Tory Bilski | August 19, 2019

How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?

By Jonathan Mooney | August 16, 2019

The Real Heroes: <br>On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

The Real Heroes:
On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank in Conversation with Her Mom, Deborah, and the Novelist Rebecca Makkai

By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank | August 16, 2019

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Buzz Poole on Erik Davis’s High Weirdness

By Buzz Poole | August 16, 2019

Where Have All the Pirates Gone?

Where Have All the Pirates Gone?

Nobody Even "Corsairs" Any More

By Peter Lehr | August 15, 2019

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution

Maggie Paxson on Refuge and Resistance in WWII

By Maggie Paxson | August 14, 2019

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Some of Europe's Most Enduring, Complex Literary Works

By Roy Jacobsen | August 14, 2019

Do We Care Enough About Animals to Save Them From Extinction?

Do We Care Enough About Animals to Save Them From Extinction?

Jane Rawson on Empathy Deficit and the Work of Contemporary Fiction

By Jane Rawson | August 13, 2019

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

Narcissistic, Ego-Driven Editors Promising the World? Yup.

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 13, 2019

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