July 17, 2019
- An ode to the “aggressively odd” books of Georges Perec
- Laura Lippman on not dieting.
- An American Gods-themed cross-country road trip
- Erica Wagner on our long, hard journey to the moon.
History
Ancient History
The world’s oldest surviving letter by an actual Christian contains a request for fish sauce.
By Aaron Robertson
July 16, 2019
Feminist Classics
Why a 1980s Novel of Dystopian Patriarchy Still Speaks to Women Today
By Leni Zumas
July 15, 2019
Literary History
What Hemingway Cut From For Whom the Bell Tolls
An Epilogue, For Starters
By Seán Hemingway
July 16, 2019
Religion
Massoud Hayoun on What It Means to Identify as Both Jewish and Arab
Untangling the Imperfect Narratives of Religious History
By Massoud Hayoun
June 25, 2019
Literary History
Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction
Including Signed First Editions from Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Radclyffe Hall, and More
By Rebecca Rego Barry
June 20, 2019
On The Self
On the Intoxicating Power of Forgetting Where You Came From
Lewis Hyde Explores the Egoism of Memory and Self-Making
By Lewis Hyde
June 18, 2019
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