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How <em>Paris is Burning</em> Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

How Paris is Burning Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

Ricky Tucker on the Magic of Queer Blackness

By Ricky Tucker | January 24, 2022

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

By Walker Caplan | January 21, 2022

The Complicated History of the <em>Black Joke</em>, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

The Complicated History of the Black Joke, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

A.E. Rooks on the Ongoing Repercussions of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By A.E. Rooks | January 21, 2022

“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

“Bedtrick is a Lie About Sex.” Jinny Webber on the Layered Meaning Behind the Title of Her Novel

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 21, 2022

Can Generation Z Save America? (And Should They Have To?)

Can Generation Z Save America? (And Should They Have To?)

John Della Volpe Wonders If Demography Can Save Democracy

By John Della Volpe | January 20, 2022

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

Zora Neale Hurston on What White Publishers Won’t Print

And How “Public Indifference” Reinforces the Status Quo

By Zora Neale Hurston | January 20, 2022

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“Poetry Wedded to Science.” On the Love and Legacy of Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman

By Julie Dobrow | January 20, 2022

The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

By Lea Ypi | January 20, 2022

Excavating Emily: Janice P. Nimura on What Draws Biographers to Certain Lives

By Janice P. Nimura | January 19, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

By Jonny Diamond | January 18, 2022

How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

Michael Brooks on the Surprising Sophistication of “Finger-Counting”

By Michael Brooks | January 18, 2022

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

A Report from the Archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Jim Moske | January 18, 2022

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

By Walker Caplan | January 14, 2022

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

"Fear nests within other fears, is encircled by it."

By Jonathan Gleason | January 14, 2022

James Joyce was only 9 years old when he published his first poem.

James Joyce was only 9 years old when he published his first poem.

By Walker Caplan | January 13, 2022

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