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On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

Jessica Riskin on the 18th-Century French Botanist Who Changed Biology Forever

By Jessica Riskin | March 25, 2026

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

What Did European Life Look Like at the Dawn of Capitalism?

Trevor Jackson on the Peasant Society of Early 1500s Europe

By Trevor Jackson | March 25, 2026

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Geoff Bennett on the Evolving Role of Black Comedy in Hollywood

By Geoff Bennett | March 25, 2026

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches

“The ruling class knows that if you give the smartest person in the room a microphone they’re probably going to say Free Palestine.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 25, 2026

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

By Brittany Allen | March 24, 2026

Don DeLillo’s sexy hockey novel is getting reissued.

Don DeLillo’s sexy hockey novel is getting reissued.

By James Folta | March 24, 2026

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Nazis in America, c. 1938-1941

By Sara Vladic | March 24, 2026

“Technophobe!” A Short History of An Insult

By Thomas Dekeyser | March 24, 2026

Never Again? On the Death of Universalism After Gaza

By Franco “Bifo” Berardi | March 24, 2026

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s <em> Love Story. </em>

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s Love Story.

A Kennedy-curious reading list.

By Brittany Allen | March 23, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

This Week in Literary History: Hugo Grotius Escapes Prison in a Book Chest

Perks of Being a Reader

By Literary Hub | March 23, 2026

For Women’s History Month, A Reproductive Rights Reading List

For Women’s History Month, A Reproductive Rights Reading List

Clara Bingham Recommends Irin Carmon, Muriel Fox, Stephanie Gorton and More

By Clara Bingham | March 20, 2026

How the First-Ever Plantation Almost Fell to Full-Scale Revolt

How the First-Ever Plantation Almost Fell to Full-Scale Revolt

Daniel Rood on The False King of São Tomé

By Daniel Rood | March 19, 2026

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

Svetlana Satchkova on the Logic of Authoritarianism

By Svetlana Satchkova | March 18, 2026

Meet Hildegard of Bingen, the German Mystic Who Destigmatized Women’s Health

Meet Hildegard of Bingen, the German Mystic Who Destigmatized Women’s Health

Elinor Cleghorn on Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood in Medieval Europe

By Elinor Cleghorn | March 18, 2026

Fantagraphics may have lost two full print runs in an Iranian missile attack.

Fantagraphics may have lost two full print runs in an Iranian missile attack.

By James Folta | March 17, 2026

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