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Lynn Caponera on the Wild and Wonderful Legacy of Maurice Sendak

Lynn Caponera on the Wild and Wonderful Legacy of Maurice Sendak

“His work had the magical ability to be different and still be essentially Sendak all at the same time.”

By Lynn Caponera | November 3, 2022

How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously

How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously

Stacy Schiff on the Journalistic Pseudonyms of an American Revolutionary

By Stacy Schiff | November 3, 2022

Perhaps the Most Remarkable Thing About Charlie Watts Was Just How Remarkably Ordinary He Was

Perhaps the Most Remarkable Thing About Charlie Watts Was Just How Remarkably Ordinary He Was

Paul Sexton in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 2, 2022

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

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

By Paul Sexton | October 26, 2022

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

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

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

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

How Martha Graham Was Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky

How Martha Graham Was Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky

Neil Baldwin on the Shared Artistic Visions of Modern Dance and Modern Art

By Neil Baldwin | October 25, 2022

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

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

A Quest for the Biological Basis of Genius

By Kathryn and Ross Petras | October 25, 2022

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

Devoney Looser on Researching Early Historical Novelists Jane and Anna Maria Porter

By Devoney Looser | October 25, 2022

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

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

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

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

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

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

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

By Natasha Lasky | October 17, 2022

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