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How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

Joshua Glenn Chronicles the Development of Sci-Fi in the Early 20th Century

By Joshua Glenn | August 7, 2023

How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress's Life Forever

How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress's Life Forever

Janet Wallach on the Making of Socialite and Spy Marguerite Harrison

By Janet Wallach | August 7, 2023

Luke Nichter on The Year That Broke Politics: 1968

Luke Nichter on The Year That Broke Politics: 1968

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 7, 2023

A Sunset Forever Spoiled: Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion, Three Years Later

A Sunset Forever Spoiled: Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion, Three Years Later

Tamara Saade on What Was Lost in Lebanon on August 4, 2020

By Tamara Saade | August 3, 2023

How A Group of High-Flying Women Helped Win World War II

How A Group of High-Flying Women Helped Win World War II

Lena Andrews on the Ninety-Nines and the Formation of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron

By Lena Andrews | August 3, 2023

Dashing! You can now get Jane Austen's wallpaper in book and wallpaper form.

Dashing! You can now get Jane Austen's wallpaper in book and wallpaper form.

By Janet Manley | August 2, 2023

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A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

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Karen Pinchin on Nova Scotia in the 1930s and the Men Who Made History

By Karen Pinchin | July 25, 2023

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

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Wendy Chin-Tanner on the Dual Gaze Required to Write a Novel Inspired by True Events

By Wendy Chin-Tanner | July 25, 2023

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Anne Whitehouse Tells the Story of the Little Longfellow War

By Anne Whitehouse | July 24, 2023

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

Jacob Mikanowski Explores the Fraught Construction of Post-Communist Historical Memory

By Jacob Mikanowski | July 24, 2023

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