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Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Scott Eyman on the Making and Legacy of The Great Dictator

By Scott Eyman | November 3, 2023

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

The Problem with the Classics

By Foster Hirsch | November 3, 2023

Putting the Asian Experience of World War II at Center Stage: A Reading List of Essential Books

Putting the Asian Experience of World War II at Center Stage: A Reading List of Essential Books

Cundill Prize Finalist on Kazuo Ishiguro, Rana Mitter, Richard Flanagan, and More

By Gary J. Bass | November 2, 2023

A Palestinian Meditation in a Time of Annihilation

A Palestinian Meditation in a Time of Annihilation

Thirteen Maqams for an Afterlife

By Fady Joudah | November 1, 2023

How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

On Old Believers, Faith and the Vernacular

By Irina Zhorov | November 1, 2023

Silvia Garcia-Moreno on <em>Dracula</em>’s Depictions and Descendants

Silvia Garcia-Moreno on Dracula’s Depictions and Descendants

Vampires! Vampires! Vampires!

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | October 31, 2023

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The Past and Present of Writing Women Out of Scientific History

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By Tania Branigan | October 27, 2023

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By Jennifer Homans | October 27, 2023

The Beatles Adventures in the Red-Light District: On George Harrison's First Time

The Beatles Adventures in the Red-Light District: On George Harrison's First Time

“My first shag was...with Paul and John and Pete Best all watching.”

By Philip Norman | October 26, 2023

On Puerto Rican Literature and “Abyssal Exclusion”

On Puerto Rican Literature and “Abyssal Exclusion”

Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones on Mental Health, Colonization, and Invisibility

By Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones | October 26, 2023

What Does “Fascist” Actually Mean?

What Does “Fascist” Actually Mean?

Alberto Toscano on the Cycles of Fascism

By Alberto Toscano | October 25, 2023

Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

Dan Sinykin on Black Editors, White Publishers, and Beloved

By Dan Sinykin | October 24, 2023

How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination

How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination

John Guy and Julia Fox on the Death and Afterlife of Tudor England's Most Famous Queen

By John Guy and Julia Fox | October 23, 2023

What is Left Unsaid: How Some Words Do—Or Don't—Make It Into Print

What is Left Unsaid: How Some Words Do—Or Don't—Make It Into Print

Sarah Ogilvie on Alexander John Ellis, the Man Behind the Oxford English Dictionary

By Sarah Ogilvie | October 23, 2023

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

Peter Ellerby, the Founder of the World's Only Truly Bespoke Makers of Globes, On How It's Done

By Peter Bellerby | October 23, 2023

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