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In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

Laura Elizabeth Woollett on Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

By Laura Elizabeth Woollett | April 15, 2016

Adam Gopnik on the Ur-Gentrification Story of Place des Vosges

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“It soon became apparent they were worth more as residences than as manufacturing spaces.”

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Rumaan Alam on How We Still Judge Women Writers By a Different Standard

By Rumaan Alam | April 11, 2016

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

Women in Publishing 100 Years Ago: A Historical VIDA Count

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On Writing Across Time and Race

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How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

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