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Dust, Desolation, and Awe: Rebecca Boyle on Would It Be Like to Return to the Moon

Dust, Desolation, and Awe: Rebecca Boyle on Would It Be Like to Return to the Moon

The Author of “Our Moon” on the Gritty Business of Survival on a Distant Rock

By Rebecca Boyle | February 8, 2024

How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s <em>The Shining</em> to the Big Screen

How Stanley Kubrick Brought Stephen King’s The Shining to the Big Screen

Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams on the Director's Pivotal Role in the Horror Boom of the 1970s

By Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams | February 8, 2024

No Slaves, No Masters: What Democracy Meant to Abraham Lincoln

No Slaves, No Masters: What Democracy Meant to Abraham Lincoln

Allen C. Guelzo on the 16th President’s Civic and Political Philosophy

By Allen C. Guelzo | February 8, 2024

How Corporations Tried—And Failed—To Control the Spread of Content Online

How Corporations Tried—And Failed—To Control the Spread of Content Online

David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu on the Evolution of Copyright Law in the Internet Age

By David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu | February 8, 2024

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

How an Icelandic Bird Led to the Discovery of Human-Caused Extinction

Gísli Pálsson on the Undersung Work of the Naturalists John Wolley and Alfred Newton

By Gísli Pálsson | February 7, 2024

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Hana Videen on the Origins of the Bestiary and Its Role in the Medieval Imagination

By Hana Videen | February 6, 2024

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Complex Nostalgia for a Bygone Era: Alex Auder on Her Chelsea Hotel Childhood

By Amanda Chemeche | February 1, 2024

Paradise Lost: How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Helped Fuel Violent Conflict in West Africa

Paradise Lost: How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Helped Fuel Violent Conflict in West Africa

Hannah Durkin on the Memories of the Survivors of the Slave Ship “Clotilda”

By Hannah Durkin | January 31, 2024

Sisterhood of the Second World War: On Writing Female Spies’ Classified Adventures

Sisterhood of the Second World War: On Writing Female Spies’ Classified Adventures

CJ Wray Shares What a Pair of Veteran Sisters Taught Her About Espionage and Postwar Life

By CJ Wray | January 31, 2024

A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

Laura Pappano Investigates the “Chaotic and Illogical Business” of Censorship

By Laura Pappano | January 30, 2024

More (And More) Meat: How Doctors Treated Diabetes Before Insulin Therapy

More (And More) Meat: How Doctors Treated Diabetes Before Insulin Therapy

Gary Taubes on the History of Diet-Based Remedies For Chronic Illness

By Gary Taubes | January 26, 2024

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

Adam Shatz on the Life and Legacy of a Great Post-Colonialism Thinker

By Adam Shatz | January 25, 2024

How America’s First Cinematic Black Vampire Subverted Stereotypes

How America’s First Cinematic Black Vampire Subverted Stereotypes

Odie Henderson on the Making of “Blacula” and the Broader History of Blaxploitation Cinema

By Odie Henderson | January 25, 2024

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

József Debreczeni Recounts a Terrifying Train Ride from Hungary to Auschwitz with His Fellow Prisoners

By József Debreczeni | January 25, 2024

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