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On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

Historian Margaret MacMillan in Conversation on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 27, 2023

Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | June 27, 2023

The oldest book in the world is about taxing beer.

The oldest book in the world is about taxing beer.

By Jonny Diamond | June 26, 2023

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

Meredith F. Small on the Textual Cartography of Fra Mauro

By Meredith F. Small | June 26, 2023

Isabella Hammad: The Idea of Apolitical Art is Very Political

Isabella Hammad: The Idea of Apolitical Art is Very Political

The Author of Enter Ghost in Conversation With Olivia Watson

By Olivia Watson | June 26, 2023

Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

“The essay—as act of truth—changes not just the writer but also the reader.”

By Tenzin Dickie | June 26, 2023

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Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

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Garrett Neiman on Uprooting the Old Boy’s Club in Order to Transform America

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Uwe Wittstock on Intellectual Suppression in the Early Days of Nazi Terror

By Uwe Wittstock | June 23, 2023

More Than A Children’s Story: <em>The Velveteen Rabbit</em> At 100

More Than A Children’s Story: The Velveteen Rabbit At 100

Lisa Rowe Fraustino on the Enduring Relevance of Margery Williams’s Most Famous Book

By Lisa Rowe Fraustino | June 23, 2023

Stephen Kiernan on Marc Chagall’s Life in France and Experience of WWII

Stephen Kiernan on Marc Chagall’s Life in France and Experience of WWII

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 23, 2023

Peter Cave on the Scholars, Dreamers, and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live

Peter Cave on the Scholars, Dreamers, and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 23, 2023

The Revolutionary Chinese Suffragette Who Challenged America’s Politics

The Revolutionary Chinese Suffragette Who Challenged America’s Politics

Mattie Kahn Tells the Story of Mabel Ping‑Hua Lee

By Mattie Kahn | June 22, 2023

The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

Stacy Jane Grover on the Quiet Shuffle of a Death Vigil

By Stacy Jane Grover | June 21, 2023

Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

“This was a conversation about art where the stakes seemed as weighty as life itself.”

By Brett Sokol | June 21, 2023

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