Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

Café Life and Literati: Life in Turn-of-the-Century Prague

Café Life and Literati: Life in Turn-of-the-Century Prague

Chad Bryant on the Prague Circle

By Chad Bryant | May 28, 2021

A Secret Memorial Under the Sea: The Hunt to Discover the <em>Wind Blown</em> Shipwreck

A Secret Memorial Under the Sea: The Hunt to Discover the Wind Blown Shipwreck

Amanda M. Fairbanks on the Mystery of a Long-Lost Commercial Fishing Boat

By Amanda M. Fairbanks | May 28, 2021

Have £1,200,000? Emily Brontë’s lost handwritten poems are up for auction.

Have £1,200,000? Emily Brontë’s lost handwritten poems are up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | May 27, 2021

How Ra’ad Abdulqadir Changed the Iraqi Prose Poem Forever

How Ra’ad Abdulqadir Changed the Iraqi Prose Poem Forever

Translator Mona Kareem on His Writing and View of History

By Mona Kareem | May 27, 2021

Is the 300-year search for one of Shakespeare’s actual books over?

Is the 300-year search for one of Shakespeare’s actual books over?

By Jonny Diamond | May 26, 2021

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How Would the Sisters of Little Women Experience the World Today?

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How (and Where) Menstrual Leave Became Policy

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Judy Grahn on Erotic Power, Queerness, and the Goddess Inanna

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What We Can Learn from the Ultimate Hobbyists... the Wright Brothers

What We Can Learn from the Ultimate Hobbyists... the Wright Brothers

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 26, 2021

The Man Behind the Guns <br>of World War I

The Man Behind the Guns
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Nathan Gorenstein on John Moses Browning's Beginnings
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By Nathan Gorenstein | May 25, 2021

Thomas Dyja on Misplaced Nostalgia for New York City

Thomas Dyja on Misplaced Nostalgia for New York City

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | May 25, 2021

Rinaldo Walcott on Riots, Policing, and Traditions of Black Refusal

Rinaldo Walcott on Riots, Policing, and Traditions of Black Refusal

The Author of On Property Charts a History of Resistance From the Age of Slavery to Now

By Rinaldo Walcott | May 25, 2021

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | May 24, 2021

On the delightfully odd homes of Margaret Wise Brown.

On the delightfully odd homes of Margaret Wise Brown.

By Katie Yee | May 24, 2021

The Concept of the Guilty Pleasure Privileges Productivity Above All Else

The Concept of the Guilty Pleasure Privileges Productivity Above All Else

Arielle Zibrak on the Importance of Relaxing With a Good Book (Any Book)

By Arielle Zibrak | May 24, 2021

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