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Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?

Antony Beevor on the Enigmatic Spiritualist Who Enchanted Russian High Society and Changed the Course of History

By Antony Beevor | April 17, 2026

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s <em>Picture of Nobody</em>

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s Picture of Nobody

Allen Bratton Considers the Timelessness of the Artist's Struggle For Relevance and Survival

By Allen Bratton | April 13, 2026

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

David Farrier Revisits Basil Bunting’s Classic, “Briggflatts”

By David Farrier | April 9, 2026

In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

In Which Robert Leleux Reads an Alarming Number of Biographies About Rich, White Americans

By Robert Leleux | April 3, 2026

The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

Hilda Vasquez Ignatin on the Revolutionary Latino Organizers of the 1960s and 70s

By Hilda Vasquez Ignatin | April 1, 2026

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It

Megan Kate Nelson on the History of the American Frontier

By Megan Kate Nelson | April 1, 2026

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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

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

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Veronica Buckley on Revolutionary Europe’s First Family

By Veronica Buckley | March 26, 2026

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>

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A Kennedy-curious reading list.

By Brittany Allen | March 23, 2026

Why the Poet Ed Sanders <br>Matters More Than Ever

Why the Poet Ed Sanders
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Lucy Kogler in Praise of the Poet Who Never Stops Creating

By Lucy Kogler | March 20, 2026

On the Beautiful, Terrible Villains of Reality Television

On the Beautiful, Terrible Villains of Reality Television

“What, you act like I have a new face or something.”

By Jack Balderrama Morley | March 18, 2026

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