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Captain Dynamite and the Exploding Coffin of Death: The Greatest Minor League Baseball Entertainment... Ever?

Captain Dynamite and the Exploding Coffin of Death: The Greatest Minor League Baseball Entertainment... Ever?

“Oh man, I think that sumbitch is actually dead!”

By Ryan McGee | April 12, 2023

Laughing at the Enemy: How Ukrainians Weaponize Jokes in the Face of Danger

Laughing at the Enemy: How Ukrainians Weaponize Jokes in the Face of Danger

Johannes Lichtman on Wartime Humor in Ukraine

By Johannes Lichtman and Nazar Romachenko | April 11, 2023

Of Muromancy and Bruno Schulz: Uncovering Literary History in Western Ukraine

Of Muromancy and Bruno Schulz: Uncovering Literary History in Western Ukraine

Benjamin Balint on the Unlikely Discovery of an Artistic Legacy

By Benjamin Balint | April 11, 2023

Steven Simon on the Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East

Steven Simon on the Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 11, 2023

Is <em>Persuasion</em> the Perfect Novel?

Is Persuasion the Perfect Novel?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 11, 2023

Max J. Friedman on Why He Chose to Write a Memoir About His Holocaust-Surviving Parents

Max J. Friedman on Why He Chose to Write a Memoir About His Holocaust-Surviving Parents

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 11, 2023

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Letter to a New New Left (Or, How Unions Got Cool Again)

By Olivia Heffernan and Jamie McCallum | April 10, 2023

In Kanye Academy, there are no Black history books.

By Janet Manley | April 7, 2023

When the IRA Arrived in Brighton to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel

By Rory Carroll | April 7, 2023

Ilyon Woo Tells an Epic Story From Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo Tells an Epic Story From Slavery to Freedom

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | April 6, 2023

After a Year Spent Visiting the Sistine Chapel, I Saw Something Sublime

After a Year Spent Visiting the Sistine Chapel, I Saw Something Sublime

Jeannie Marshall on Seeing Life and Time in Michelangeo’s Frescos

By Jeannie Marshall | April 6, 2023

Rewinding to the Great Indian Empires Before the British Raj

Rewinding to the Great Indian Empires Before the British Raj

Nandini Das Offers a Reading List on Indian Colonial History

By Nandini Das | April 6, 2023

Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

“Will machine minds ever acquire anything like our ability to have thoughts of seriousness and depth?”

By Sarah Bakewell | April 5, 2023

Ralph White on His Wartime Efforts to Rescue Vietnamese Civilians

Ralph White on His Wartime Efforts to Rescue Vietnamese Civilians

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 5, 2023

When the Klan Ruled Indiana... And Had Plans to Spread Its Empire of Hate Across America

When the Klan Ruled Indiana... And Had Plans to Spread Its Empire of Hate Across America

The Klan Dens of the Heartland Were Powerful, Vicious, and Ambitious. Indiana Was Their Bastion.

By Timothy Egan | April 4, 2023

Daniel M. Lavery on the Reckless Optimism of Advice Columnists

Daniel M. Lavery on the Reckless Optimism of Advice Columnists

“The letter-writer is free to cheerfully ignore the advice columnist.”

By Daniel M. Lavery | April 4, 2023

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