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Massoud Hayoun on What It Means to Identify as Both Jewish and Arab

Massoud Hayoun on What It Means to Identify as Both Jewish and Arab

Untangling the Imperfect Narratives of Religious History

By Massoud Hayoun | June 25, 2019

On America's Wild West of Dinosaur Fossil Hunting

On America's Wild West of Dinosaur Fossil Hunting

In 19th-Century America, Rare Old Bones Were a Resource Like Any Other

By Lukas Rieppel | June 24, 2019

What Was Hemingway Doing in Cuba During World War II?

What Was Hemingway Doing in Cuba During World War II?

(A Navy Reconnaissance Mission Named After a Cat, Apparently)

By Andrew Feldman | June 24, 2019

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

André Naffis-Sahely on His New Translation of a Long-Neglected Existentialist Novella

By André Naffis-Sahely | June 21, 2019

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Including Signed First Editions from Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Radclyffe Hall, and More

By Rebecca Rego Barry | June 20, 2019

"The Stonewall Revolution is Still Happening"

Views of Stonewall from Rita Mae Brown, Cheryl Clarke, Alexis De Veaux,
Max Wolf Valerio, and Adrian Brooks

By Corinne Segal | June 19, 2019

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So, Gutenberg Didn’t Actually Invent Printing As We Know It

By M. Sophia Newman | June 19, 2019

Why Does a Language Die?

By Don Kulick | June 18, 2019

On the Intoxicating Power of Forgetting Where You Came From

By Lewis Hyde | June 18, 2019

Discovering America's Heavenly Kingdom of Oil

Discovering America's Heavenly Kingdom of Oil

On One Man's Journey Through Christianity and Crude

By Darren Dochuk | June 17, 2019

On the Syrian Border, 2015, After the Story's

On the Syrian Border, 2015, After the Story's "Gone Elsewhere"

Elliot Ackerman Visits a Refugee Camp Near Tel Abyad

By Elliot Ackerman | June 13, 2019

In Pablo Picasso's Studio During the Nazi Occupation of Paris

In Pablo Picasso's Studio During the Nazi Occupation of Paris

Françoise Gilot Recalls Her Life with the Artist

By Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake | June 13, 2019

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

Ellena Savage on the Complicated Past, Present, and Future of Pools

By Ellena Savage | June 12, 2019

The Traffic Stop: One of the Great Abuses of Police Power in Contemporary Life

The Traffic Stop: One of the Great Abuses of Police Power in Contemporary Life

Dan Albert on an Obsolete Enforcement Practice That Just Won't Die

By Dan Albert | June 12, 2019

On the Rise of the Feminist Internet

On the Rise of the Feminist Internet

"This magazine is about speaking up. Will that make us bitchy? Yeah."

By Linda Hirshman | June 11, 2019

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

Sharon Marcus Looks at the Role of Democracy and Individualism in the Rise of the "Famous"

By Sharon Marcus | June 10, 2019

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