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Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences

By Ricardo Wilson II | March 27, 2026

How William Kennedy Turned a Bedtime Story For His Four-Year-Old Into a Publishing Sensation

How William Kennedy Turned a Bedtime Story For His Four-Year-Old Into a Publishing Sensation

Stephanie Gorton Talks to the Legendary Author of Ironweed About the Making of Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine

By Stephanie Gorton | March 26, 2026

Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Meet the Habsburgs! And Watch Them Marry Their Way Across Europe...

Veronica Buckley on Revolutionary Europe’s First Family

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Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Trailblazer or Panderer? Inside the Life and Career of Black Comedian Stepin Fetchit

Geoff Bennett on the Evolving Role of Black Comedy in Hollywood

By Geoff Bennett | March 25, 2026

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

A new series on Charles Dickens takes your favorite Victorian novelist to the streets.

By Brittany Allen | March 24, 2026

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s <em> Love Story. </em>

Five books to pick up if you’re also binging FX’s Love Story.

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Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Paul C. Rosier on Racial Conflict in the Early Republic

By Paul C. Rosier | March 13, 2026

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

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Filmmaker Charlie Russell on Keeping His Grandmother’s Story Alive for a New Generation

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By Logan Scherer | March 11, 2026

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Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

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By Jessica Lynne | March 9, 2026

On the Rise of <em>Pitchfork</em> and 21st-Century Music Criticism

On the Rise of Pitchfork and 21st-Century Music Criticism

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