The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

Debby Applegate on the Exploits of the New Yorker Crowd in Prohibition-Era New York

By Debby Applegate | November 2, 2021

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

From Ski Bums to Jazz Age Madams to Postwar Bohemians

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2021

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Considering the Dark Horrors of Stephen Crane’s “An Episode of War”

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

Teenage Activist Dara McAnulty on the Necessity of Joy

Teenage Activist Dara McAnulty on the Necessity of Joy

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | November 1, 2021

How Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams Helped Launch the Progressive Party

How Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams Helped Launch the Progressive Party

Neil Lanctot on the Fervor of the Presidential Campaign of 1912

By Neil Lanctot | November 1, 2021

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

How Researching the Forbidden Shaped The Themes of My Novel

By Aimee Parkison | October 29, 2021

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Prince Charles has weighed in on the Brontë manuscripts controversy.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

Read Sylvia Plath’s first published poem, which she wrote at age 8.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

Jesse Eisenberg, Jumaane Williams, and more will perform Oedipus Trilogy online.

By Walker Caplan | October 28, 2021

How the Potter Josiah Wedgwood Created an Iconic Abolitionist Medallion

How the Potter Josiah Wedgwood Created an Iconic Abolitionist Medallion

Tristram Hunt on the Union of Moral Passion and Commercial Acumen

By Tristram Hunt | October 28, 2021

John Concagh on the Role of African, Caribbean, and Black British Forces in WWII

John Concagh on the Role of African, Caribbean, and Black British Forces in WWII

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | October 28, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

From the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Winning Title Waves Across the South by Sujit Sivasundaram

By Sujit Sivasundaram | October 27, 2021

In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché:

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché: "it was a dark and stormy night."

By Emily Temple | October 26, 2021

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 26, 2021

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