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Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s <em>Hiroshima Mon Amour</em>

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

“We’re afraid. But ultimately, isn’t that necessary from time to time? Especially in film?”

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

Laura Mason in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

Kathleen Hale in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

Kirk Wallace Johnson on the Dark Side of America’s Gulf Coast

By Kirk Wallace Johnson | August 22, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

Part Three in the “13 Ways of Looking” Series

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

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The Overlooked History of the Civil Rights Queen, Constance Baker Motley

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By Book Dreams | August 11, 2022

When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

Melody Razak on the Testimonies That Survived

By Melody Razak | August 11, 2022

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