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On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

What Does the “Iceberg Theory” Look Like Applied to Architecture?

By Paul Hendrickson | November 6, 2019

What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

From Vietnam Die-Ins to Occupied Parks, Stillness as Dissent

By Franny Nudelman | November 6, 2019

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

Mo Rocca on the Struggle to Depathologize Homosexuality

By Mo Rocca | November 6, 2019

The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

Brendan Simms on Hitler's Stay in Prison, and the Scapegoating of Modernity

By Brendan Simms | November 5, 2019

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

“When reproductive freedom becomes a class privilege, the human rights of our political body are negated.”

By Lindy West | November 5, 2019

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

Sherrod Brown on the Unlikely History of Desk 88

By Sherrod Brown | November 5, 2019

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A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs

By Joshua Raff | November 1, 2019

Elsa Hart on Writing an 18th-Century Crime-Solving Librarian

By New Books Network | November 1, 2019

Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

A Halloween Episode with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 31, 2019

<em>A Most Rare Compendium</em>: <br> An 18th-Century Guide to Magical Treasure Hunting?

A Most Rare Compendium:
An 18th-Century Guide to Magical Treasure Hunting?

Hereward Tilton on the Strangest of Manuscripts

By Hereward Tilton | October 31, 2019

American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

On the 19th-Century Invention of the Madwoman

By Troy Rondinone | October 31, 2019

Ode to the Seine, River of Romance

Ode to the Seine, River of Romance

Elaine Sciolino on Art and Inspiration in the City of Lights

By Elaine Sciolino | October 31, 2019

The Day of the Dead: Day of Masquerade and Rebellion

The Day of the Dead: Day of Masquerade and Rebellion

"The mood is festive with a subtext of anarchy.

By Paul Theroux | October 31, 2019

In the 1960s, the US Decided My Tribe Was No Longer a Nation

In the 1960s, the US Decided My Tribe Was No Longer a Nation

Ada Deer on Her Mother's Fight for Menominee Sovereignty

By Ada Deer | October 30, 2019

Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist

Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist

Artists Should Not Doubt the Place of Creativity Amidst the Politics of Society

By Albert Camus | October 29, 2019

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