• History

    American History

    Isabel Wilkerson on the Legacies of American Chattel Slavery

    By Isabel Wilkerson  November 30, 2020
    Philosophy

    The Medieval Philosopher Who Outlined the Basics of the Universe

    By Seb Falk  November 30, 2020
    War

    A Living Ghost From the Chechnyan War

    By Wojciech Jagielski  November 30, 2020
    Book Fairs

    Interpreting America at the
    Minsk Book Fair

    By Doug Mack  November 30, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Closeted Underworld of the Catholic Seminary

    By New Books Network  November 30, 2020
    Keen On

    The Quest for the Origins of the Human Species

    By Keen On  November 27, 2020
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    What It’s Like to Work As a Historical Advisor for Call of Duty

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   November 27, 2020
    New Books Network

    Rewriting the History of 1970s Gay Liberation

    By New Books Network  November 27, 2020
    American History

    The ‘Race’ Question: Where Henry Adams Lacked
    Moral Insight

    By David S. Brown  November 25, 2020
    Trans Poetics

    What is the Project of
    Trans Poetics Now?

    By Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel  November 25, 2020
    Keen On

    Veteran Gus Biggio on the Removal of Troops in Afghanistan

    By Keen On  November 25, 2020
    New Books Network

    Was Freud a Scam Artist?

    By New Books Network  November 25, 2020
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 24, 2020
    Thanksgiving

    On the Extravagance of Mark Twain’s Family Dishes

    By Melissa Scholes Young  November 24, 2020
    Christianity

    On the Prosperity Gospel, the Soul of Money, and Proto-Capitalist Jesus

    By Frederick Kaufman  November 24, 2020
    World War II

    The Life of Carla Capponi, Nazi-Fighter of Occupied Rome

    By Victor Failmezger  November 24, 2020
    Philosophy

    How Come We Don’t Have a Philosophy of Wigs?

    By Luigi Amara  November 24, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Arctic Fever and the Creation of the Hyper-Masculine Explorer

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   November 24, 2020
    Literary History

    When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

    By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
    Music history

    Like Jazz, Bowling, and Old Hollywood Hairdos?
    Thank Insects.

    By Edward D. Melillo  November 23, 2020
    Keen On

    This Isn’t an Election Crisis—It’s a Crisis of Trump

    By Keen On  November 23, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Madness of Majesty of America’s Last King

    By New Books Network  November 23, 2020
    Languages

    The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

    By Martin Puchner  November 20, 2020
    Indigenous Voices

    The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

    By David Grann  November 20, 2020
    Healing

    The Book That Marked the Beginning of My
    New Sense of Self

    By Veronica Esposito  November 20, 2020
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