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We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

Julia Baird on the Long, Hard Work of Activism

By Julia Baird | July 7, 2021

In the Footsteps of Garibaldi: Tim Parks Traverses Italy—and Two Centuries of History

In the Footsteps of Garibaldi: Tim Parks Traverses Italy—and Two Centuries of History

Encounters With a Nation, Then and Now

By Tim Parks | July 7, 2021

On the Dancing Craze That<br> Swept Post-WWI Paris

On the Dancing Craze That
Swept Post-WWI Paris

Dominique Kalifa on the Very French “Appetite for Living”

By Dominique Kalifa | July 6, 2021

On E.M. Forster’s <em>Maurice</em> and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

On E.M. Forster’s Maurice and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

William di Canzio on the Personal and Literary Inspirations
Behind His Novel

By William di Canzio | July 6, 2021

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi Discuss the Memoir of an Extraordinary Life

By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi | July 6, 2021

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

What Racial Hierarchy and Segregation Do to the Soul of a Nation

By Theodore R. Johnson | July 2, 2021

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When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

By Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner | July 2, 2021

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

By George Packer | July 2, 2021

The Century of Captain America: A Brief History of a Beloved Comic

By Roy Thomas | July 2, 2021

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 2, 2021

The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven, for The Longest Year: 2020+

By Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven | July 1, 2021

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

Emma Marris on Our Relationships with—and Responsibilities Toward—the Planet’s Wild Animals

By Emma Marris | July 1, 2021

Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second <br>World War?

Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second
World War?

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | July 1, 2021

Charles Dickens worried his own writing was so powerful it would scare him and his friends to death.

Charles Dickens worried his own writing was so powerful it would scare him and his friends to death.

By Walker Caplan | June 30, 2021

What <em>Lord of the Flies</em> got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

By Margot Livesy | June 30, 2021

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