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Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

“I saw no reason to doubt Mekas’s story: hadn’t he written it all down in his diaries and told it in his films?”

By Peter Delpeut | July 22, 2022

“A Book About Thirst.” In Praise of Josephine Johnson’s 1934 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

“A Book About Thirst.” In Praise of Josephine Johnson’s 1934 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

Ash Davidson on Now in November

By Ash Davidson | July 19, 2022

Lost in Translation: When the United States Met Pablo Picasso

Lost in Translation: When the United States Met Pablo Picasso

Hugh Eakin on John Quinn, the Man Who First Introduced America to Modern Art and New Ideas

By Hugh Eakin | July 14, 2022

How Josephine Baker Learned to Hate the Nazis Before Most of America

How Josephine Baker Learned to Hate the Nazis Before Most of America

Damien Lewis on an American Icon's Transformation from Dancer to Spy

By Damien Lewis | July 13, 2022

Katherine Angel on Valerie Solanas, Bad Dads, and the Literary Pleasures of Pure Rage

Katherine Angel on Valerie Solanas, Bad Dads, and the Literary Pleasures of Pure Rage

The Author of Daddy Issues Considers Why We Write About What We Hate

By Katherine Angel | July 7, 2022

Reading Mahfouz: Egyptian Literature Between Old and New, Freedom and Censorship

Reading Mahfouz: Egyptian Literature Between Old and New, Freedom and Censorship

Mohamed Shoair on the Cultural and Political Impact of Naguib Mahfouz's Children of The Alley

By Mohamed Shoair | July 6, 2022

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The Unnoticed Generation: How Russian Writers in Paris Grappled With the Complexities of Life Between the Wars

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Bryan Karetnyk on Translating the Work of Yuri Felsen

By Bryan Karetnyk | June 27, 2022

How One of America’s Most Influential Black Writers Befriended a Pioneering American Aviator

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Gene Andrew Jarrett on the Unexpected Friendship of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Orville Wright

By Gene Andrew Jarrett | June 27, 2022

The Early Life of the Renowned Leader of the Lakotas, Sitting Bull

The Early Life of the Renowned Leader of the Lakotas, Sitting Bull

Mark Lee Gardner on Sitting Bull's Transformation into a Young Peacemaker

By Mark Lee Gardner | June 24, 2022

David Grossman Remembers His Friend, the Novelist AB Yehoshua

David Grossman Remembers His Friend, the Novelist AB Yehoshua

“He was able to show us the how ‘grand’ history seeps into the soul of the individual, at times bursting forth from within.”

By David Grossman | June 23, 2022

“Will There Be War in the Morning?” Inside the Home of Italy’s Foreign Minister, August, 1939

“Will There Be War in the Morning?” Inside the Home of Italy’s Foreign Minister, August, 1939

Tilar J. Mazzeo on Galeazzo Ciano and His Wife (and Mussolini’s Daughter) Edda

By Tilar J. Mazzeo | June 21, 2022

On Civil Rights Activist Curtis Graves' Groundbreaking Electoral Campaign

On Civil Rights Activist Curtis Graves' Groundbreaking Electoral Campaign

Nick Seabrook on the 1966 Texas State Legislature Election

By Nick Seabrook | June 16, 2022

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