On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

“I don’t believe in hammering in morals. I just believe in telling children’s stories which will make them happy.”

By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert | September 29, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations

Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 29, 2022

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

Featuring Anita Desai, Hari Kunzru, Salman Rushdie, and More

By Literary Hub | September 28, 2022

Who Has the Right to Bear Arms? A Brief History

Who Has the Right to Bear Arms? A Brief History

Elsa Dorlin on Legal Traditions of Self-Defense

By Elsa Dorlin | September 28, 2022

What Was Germany Like in the Decade After Hitler?

What Was Germany Like in the Decade After Hitler?

Harald Jähner on the No Man’s Time of Post WWII Germany

By Harald Jähner | September 28, 2022

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

Margaret A. Burnham on the Legal Legacy of Jim Crow

By Margaret A. Burnham | September 28, 2022

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Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

By Keen On | September 28, 2022

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | September 27, 2022

What Don Quixote Reveals About an Empire At Its Peak

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<em>Hold These Truths</em> Act I and II: On Gordon Hirabayashi’s Courageous Stand

Hold These Truths Act I and II: On Gordon Hirabayashi’s Courageous Stand

Featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection from LA Theatre Works

By Audiobook Break | September 27, 2022

Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s <em>Lunch Poems</em>

Read Ted Berrigan’s Original Review of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems

“It’s a great book!”

By Ted Berrigan | September 26, 2022

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

Charlotte Van den Broeck on the Italian Baroque Master, Francesco Borromini

By Charlotte Van den Broeck | September 26, 2022

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

”Years from now when I find them in my closet I will remember what havoc I will have wreaked.”

By Julia Reed | September 26, 2022

How the Survivors of Slavery Used Material Objects to Preserve Intergenerational Wisdom

How the Survivors of Slavery Used Material Objects to Preserve Intergenerational Wisdom

Tiya Miles Considers the Importance of Material Ownership in the Context of Black History

By Tiya Miles | September 26, 2022

How American Shipyard Workers Might Offer Us Lessons on How to Reunite the Country

How American Shipyard Workers Might Offer Us Lessons on How to Reunite the Country

Michael Fabey in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 23, 2022

How a Lawyer of the Downtrodden Came To Represent Two Wealthy Killers

How a Lawyer of the Downtrodden Came To Represent Two Wealthy Killers

Greg King and Penny Wilson on Clarence Darrow, Leopold and Loeb's Defense Attorney

By Greg King and Penny Wilson | September 22, 2022

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