Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was... Kind of a Dump

Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was... Kind of a Dump

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the Library’s Transformation Under Sir Thomas Bodley

By Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen | November 10, 2021

Staring Down Horror: On Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Recovering Hope From Suffering

Staring Down Horror: On Anna Akhmatova, Primo Levi, and Recovering Hope From Suffering

Michael Ignatieff Examines What It Means to Find Solace in the Face of Destruction

By Michael Ignatieff | November 10, 2021

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries

Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 10, 2021

Ruben Gallego on the Fate of Lima Company During and After Iraq

Ruben Gallego on the Fate of Lima Company During and After Iraq

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 10, 2021

How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

How to Sack an Empire: On Goths, Huns, and the Fall of Rome

Dan Jones Maps the Fault Lines of Collapse

By Dan Jones | November 9, 2021

Watch Tony Kushner perform William Faulkner’s Nobel acceptance speech.

Watch Tony Kushner perform William Faulkner’s Nobel acceptance speech.

By Walker Caplan | November 8, 2021

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Read Robert Frost’s first published poem, written when he was 18.

By Walker Caplan | November 8, 2021

Diane Wilson on Being a Good Relative to the Land

By Emergence Magazine | November 8, 2021

“I Am Disgusted with Things as They Are.” Ralph Ellison on the Injustice and Poverty of 1937 New York

By Shaun Usher | November 5, 2021

What Created the American Crisis of Subminimum Pay?

What Created the American Crisis of Subminimum Pay?

Saru Jayaraman on the System's Roots in Slavery

By Saru Jayaraman | November 5, 2021

Patrick Dean on the Daring First Ascent of Denali

Patrick Dean on the Daring First Ascent of Denali

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | November 5, 2021

How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

Christopher W. Shaw on the Importance of Affordable Mail

By Christopher W. Shaw | November 5, 2021

Omar Mouallem on the Unknown History of Islam Across the Americas

Omar Mouallem on the Unknown History of Islam Across the Americas

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 5, 2021

Ben Wilson on the Invention of the City

Ben Wilson on the Invention of the City

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 5, 2021

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

Meghan Forbes: What the Letters Reveal About the Artist

By Meghan Forbes | November 4, 2021

Ha Jin on the Importance of Writing Lasting Literature

Ha Jin on the Importance of Writing Lasting Literature

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 4, 2021

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