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Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

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"I never was great in matters of detail"

By Alan Pell Crawford | October 16, 2017

How a History of Two Pet Chameleons Made a Case for the Animal Soul

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On Madeleine de Scudéry’s History of “The Most Beautiful Animal in the World”

By Peter Sahlins | October 6, 2017

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A Brief History of Bibliocide

By Emily Temple | October 4, 2017

The Mess We're In: On the Inevitability of Post-Cold War Chaos

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Historian Odd Arne Westad Wonders if it Could Have Been Different

By Odd Arne Westad | September 28, 2017

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

On the Origins of The Little Prince and Restoring a Classic Plane

By Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy | September 26, 2017

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Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars

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When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

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Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

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On the Absurd and Wonderful Sartorial Habits of a Great Writer

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“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

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