On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without “Guitar King” Michael Bloomfield

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The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love <em>and</em> Master of the One Liner

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love and Master of the One Liner

Brad Gooch on One of the World's Great Poets

By Brad Gooch | October 10, 2019

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

Morten Høi Jensen on the Devastation of an Idea

By Morten Høi Jensen | October 7, 2019

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Adele Logan Alexander on Researching Her Mixed Heritage

By Adele Logan Alexander | October 7, 2019

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

Bill Mullen on The Welcome Table and No Papers for Muhammad

By Bill V. Mullen | October 4, 2019

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The US Tour That Made Gertrude Stein a Household Name

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On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

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Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

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From Tarot Readings on Book Tour, to a Medium for Pets

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Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

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