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How the Continual Movement of Wildlife Regulates the Natural World

How the Continual Movement of Wildlife Regulates the Natural World

James Bradley on the Integral Role of Migratory Patterns to Human and Environmental Wellbeing

By James Bradley | July 15, 2024

“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

American Howard Norman on Finding His Literary Home in the Canadian Maritimes

By Howard Norman | July 12, 2024

They paved Pemberley and put up a parking lot.

They paved Pemberley and put up a parking lot.

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2024

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

By Jan Carson | July 10, 2024

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

Gaza Diaries: “We Left Our Souls at Home.”

From Heba Al-Agha’s Account of the last Eight Months of Israel’s War on Gaza (trans. Julia Choucair Vizoso)

By Heba Al-Agha and Julia Choucair Vizoso | July 3, 2024

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Ed Simon on Free Speech, Book Bans and Court-Mandated Censorship, Then and Now

By Ed Simon | July 3, 2024

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Is it the summer of the brat?

By Brittany Allen | July 1, 2024

Blood-Soaked Handkerchiefs and Burnt Dresses: The Lizzie Borden Trial, as Told in a Newspaper of the Time

By Elizabeth Garver Jordan | July 1, 2024

Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane

By Alexis Gunderson | June 27, 2024

On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

Vicki Valosik on Our Millennia Long Love-Hate Relationship With Getting in the Water

By Vicki Valosik | June 27, 2024

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Adam Smyth on Nancy Cunard, the Woman Who First Discovered the Future Nobel Laureate

By Adam Smyth | June 26, 2024

Generation Franchise: <br>Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Generation Franchise:
Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Jess Row on the Ubiquity of the Digital Persona, From Child Stars to Disney Adults

By Jess Row | June 26, 2024

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

How Charles Darwin Became a 19th-Century Scientific Rock Star

Howard Markel on the Debate That Forever Transformed Our Understanding of the Natural World

By Howard Markel | June 25, 2024

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s <em>Tamerlane</em>

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

By Bradford Morrow | June 25, 2024

75 Years of <em>1984</em>: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

By Elif Shafak | June 24, 2024

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

"If journalism is not a crime, then it should not be treated as a crime by any government for any journalist."

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 21, 2024

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