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Peddlers, Bakers, Wool-Sorters: The Economic History of Women in Angoulême

Elizabeth Wetmore and Kathryn Nuernberger on SB8, the History of Abortion, and Roe v. Wade in Danger

On the mysterious obscenity scribbled on John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath manuscript.

Astronomers have determined the exact hour that Mary Shelley thought of Frankenstein.

On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

Jack Dash and Luke Swenson on Ecologies that Resist Borders

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Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

When Life Gives You Lemons, It's a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

On the Ebb and Flow of 21st-Century Maritime Piracy

On the First Modern Person to Enter King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

On the History of Powhatan Culture and Colonization: A Reading List

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Anne-Marie Slaughter on Radical Honesty as a Key to Growth

This year's literary MacArthur fellows on the best writing advice they've received (and more).

The New Weapons of War: Disinformation, Economic Coercion, and Online Disruption

How Should Nations Handle the Human Aftermath of Disasters?

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