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Recipes and Wisdom from the Late, Great Ntozake Shange

Recipes and Wisdom from the Late, Great Ntozake Shange

"Let ’em simmer till the greens are the texture you want."

By Ntozake Shange | January 29, 2019

Writing Absurdity in Zimbabwe's Contemporary Dystopia

Writing Absurdity in Zimbabwe's Contemporary Dystopia

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma on Mining Hard Family Histories in the Wake of Genocide

By Novuyo Rosa Tshuma | January 29, 2019

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

What Was Virginia Woolf Like as a Child?

Your First Clue: Her Nickname Was "the Goat"

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2019

My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

"These were terrible hours, when we waited for our names to be called."

By Mark Mayer | January 25, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Davos

A Brief Literary History of Davos

Where Writer's Block is Cured, if Not Global Misfortune

By Isabelle Mayault | January 24, 2019

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

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David Treuer on the Myth of an Edenic, Pre-Columbian 'New' World

By David Treuer | January 22, 2019

Did Diderot's Legacy Live Up To His Genius?

By Andrew S. Curran | January 18, 2019

The Temptations of Playing the Muse

By Samantha Silva | December 19, 2018

Did Lao-Tzu and Confucius Know Each Other?

Did Lao-Tzu and Confucius Know Each Other?

The Legend of Two Masters: From a New Introduction to the Tao Te Ching

By John Minford | December 17, 2018

Read From Allen Ginsberg's Cuba Journals

Read From Allen Ginsberg's Cuba Journals

A Poet's Incantatory Descriptions of Havana

By Allen Ginsberg | December 14, 2018

Brandon Hobson on Recovering Cherokee Myths from His Grandfather's Notebook

Brandon Hobson on Recovering Cherokee Myths from His Grandfather's Notebook

"This notebook has become my passion. Discovering it has changed my life."

By Brandon Hobson | December 11, 2018

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

By Ed Pavlić | December 10, 2018

Parents: If You're Letting Your Child Wear a Hat, You're Doing it Wrong

Parents: If You're Letting Your Child Wear a Hat, You're Doing it Wrong

The 18th-Century German Medical Advice You Didn't Know You Needed

By Thomas Morris | December 6, 2018

When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

It Was Even More Awkward Than You'd Think!

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Scenes from a Life in 1930s Berlin

Scenes from a Life in 1930s Berlin

On Turning My Great Uncle's Diary into a Twitter Feed

By Jeffrey Koenig | November 29, 2018

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