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No Human Contact: On Solitary Confinement’s Origins as a Tool for Handling Mental Illness

No Human Contact: On Solitary Confinement’s Origins as a Tool for Handling Mental Illness

Pete Earley Recommends Five Important Books on Incarceration

By Pete Earley | April 27, 2023

Searching for Sacred Landscapes: On Finding the Sublime in Solitude

Searching for Sacred Landscapes: On Finding the Sublime in Solitude

James Canton Explores the Unity of the Natural and the Human Throughout the Ages

By James Canton | April 26, 2023

Simon Winchester on the Seemingly Magical Way Knowledge is Now Transmitted

Simon Winchester on the Seemingly Magical Way Knowledge is Now Transmitted

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 26, 2023

The 80-Pound Rule and How Youth Sports Hurt Kids’ Bodies

The 80-Pound Rule and How Youth Sports Hurt Kids’ Bodies

Virginia Sole-Smith on Diet Culture Starting Young

By Virginia Sole-Smith | April 26, 2023

If he were alive today, would former librarian Mao Zedong be a men’s rights YouTube star?

If he were alive today, would former librarian Mao Zedong be a men’s rights YouTube star?

By Jonny Diamond | April 25, 2023

How Centuries-Old Knowledge of the Natural World Can Save Lives

How Centuries-Old Knowledge of the Natural World Can Save Lives

Simon Winchester on the Uses and Evolution of Ways of Knowing

By Simon Winchester | April 25, 2023

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“A Bright Stellate Object, a Small Angled Sphere.” On Migraines and Scotoma

By Brian Dillon | April 25, 2023

On the Wild West of Internet Regulations and the Birth of Pornhub

By Kelsy Burke | April 25, 2023

Feral, Beautiful and Free: Sarah Cypher on Turkish Cats

By Sarah Cypher | April 25, 2023

Peter Frankopan on What We Can Learn From History About Today’s Environmental Crisis

Peter Frankopan on What We Can Learn From History About Today’s Environmental Crisis

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 25, 2023

<em>Black Shakespeare</em>: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

Black Shakespeare: Ian Smith on Systematic Whiteness and Transforming the Way We Interpret Shakespeare

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 24, 2023

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on Resisting Al Qaeda, Reading John Stuart Mill, and Eating a Good Kebab

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 24, 2023

The Long History of a Woman Unencumbered With Children

The Long History of a Woman Unencumbered With Children

Peggy O’Donnell Heffington on Going Against the Biological Imperative

By Peggy O'Donnell Heffington | April 21, 2023

How <em>Board Game Geek</em> Helped Make Board Games More Inclusive

How Board Game Geek Helped Make Board Games More Inclusive

Aaron Trammell on Being a BIPOC Gamer, the Exclusionary Old Guard of Nerd Culture, Privilege, and More

By Aaron Trammell | April 20, 2023

Elizabeth Graver and J.C. Hallman on the Blurred Boundaries between Fact and Fiction

Elizabeth Graver and J.C. Hallman on the Blurred Boundaries between Fact and Fiction

"I’m interested in nostalgia and what it means to think you’re at the height of your life."

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2023

Tanis Rideout Asks Whether We Should Apologize for the Sins of Our Colonizing Ancestors

Tanis Rideout Asks Whether We Should Apologize for the Sins of Our Colonizing Ancestors

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 19, 2023

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