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Out of the Shadows: On the Forgotten Mothers of the Occult

Out of the Shadows: On the Forgotten Mothers of the Occult

Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson on the Women Behind Ouija and Tarot

By Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson | October 31, 2022

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

Eliza Dumais Navigates the Intersection of the Domestic and the Literary

By Eliza Dumais | October 27, 2022

Ten Days in June: On a Pivotal Moment in Barack Obama’s “Battle” for America

Ten Days in June: On a Pivotal Moment in Barack Obama’s “Battle” for America

Cody Keenan in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 27, 2022

“He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N' Roll Drummer

“He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N' Roll Drummer

Paul Sexton Looks at the Best Dressed Member of the Rolling Stones

By Paul Sexton | October 26, 2022

On Messi, Ronaldo, and the Radical Remaking of the World’s Game Over the Last 20 Years

On Messi, Ronaldo, and the Radical Remaking of the World’s Game Over the Last 20 Years

Jonathan Clegg in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

A History of the Sassoons—One of the World’s Great Global Merchant Families

A History of the Sassoons—One of the World’s Great Global Merchant Families

Joseph Sassoon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

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How Martha Graham Was Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky

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Gray Area for Gray Matter: On the Time Einstein’s Brain was Stolen

By Kathryn and Ross Petras | October 25, 2022

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

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“A Solemn Battle between Good and Evil.” Charles Sumner’s Radical, Compelling Message of Abolition

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Timothy Shenk on the Senator from Massachusetts and the Birth of the Republican Party

By Timothy Shenk | October 24, 2022

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

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This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | October 21, 2022

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

Rupert Christiansen on the Modernization of Ballet

By Rupert Christiansen | October 19, 2022

“A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

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Natasha Lasky Explores the Criticism and Dismissal of the Pop Star’s Many Registers

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On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

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What Makes a “Great” Banker? The Story of Edmond Safra, One of the Greatest Bankers of the 20th Century

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The Naturalist’s Gaze: What Charles Darwin Saw in Tahiti

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