How Ru Paul Created a Castle for Queer Beauty

How Ru Paul Created a Castle for Queer Beauty

Sasha Velour on Disguises, Reveals, and Reality TV

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Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Sophie Mackintosh Speculates on the Nature of Historical Speculation

By Sophie MacKintosh | April 13, 2023

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

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

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In Kanye Academy, there are no Black history books.

In Kanye Academy, there are no Black history books.

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

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

Patrick Magee Was Behind Enemy Lines. His Job Was to Assemble and Plant the Device.

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

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