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Thank You, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Thank You, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Alysia Abbott Remembers the Abiding Spirit of North Beach

By Alysia Abbott | February 26, 2021

When Tennessee Williams was 16, he won a writing contest by pretending to be a disgruntled divorcee.

When Tennessee Williams was 16, he won a writing contest by pretending to be a disgruntled divorcee.

By Walker Caplan | February 25, 2021

Samuel Beckett's insane wordless post-Nobel Prize

Samuel Beckett's insane wordless post-Nobel Prize "interview" is the most Samuel Beckett thing ever.

By Walker Caplan | February 25, 2021

The Dark World of <br>Rapture Fiction

The Dark World of
Rapture Fiction

William J. Bernstein on a Troubled Evangelical Genre

By William J. Bernstein | February 25, 2021

Dreamscape NYC: Documenting the Protests and Pandemics of 2020

Dreamscape NYC: Documenting the Protests and Pandemics of 2020

Introducing The Longest Year: 2020+, Photo Essays From the Year That Won't End

By Rachel Cobb and Elissa Schappell | February 25, 2021

Finding Communion With One of England’s Ancient Oak Trees

Finding Communion With One of England’s Ancient Oak Trees

James Canton on the 800-Year-Old Honywood Oak

By James Canton | February 25, 2021

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It Only Sucks to Be a Cog in the Machine When the Machine
Is Capitalism

By Keen On | February 25, 2021

In Saraqeb, Syria, the Horror of a Poison-Gas Attack, and a Race to Preserve the Evidence

By Joby Warrick | February 25, 2021

The Women Who Won the Battle of the Atlantic (and Thus the War)

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | February 25, 2021

The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston's Musical Legacy

The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston's Musical Legacy

Daphne A. Brooks on Rosetta Reitz, Grassroots Blues Activism, and Black Feminism

By Daphne A. Brooks | February 24, 2021

The Problem of Using Absurdity to Depict Tyrants

The Problem of Using Absurdity to Depict Tyrants

Laurence Rees in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 24, 2021

On the 50-Year Fight to Preserve the Navajo Homeland

On the 50-Year Fight to Preserve the Navajo Homeland

David Roberts Outlines the Political Work of Mark Maryboy

By David Roberts | February 23, 2021

Meet the Three Women Who Changed the Face of War Reportage

Meet the Three Women Who Changed the Face of War Reportage

Elizabeth Becker on the Groundbreaking Impact of Kate Webb, Catherine Leroy, and Frances FitzGerald

By Elizabeth Becker | February 23, 2021

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

How Protestantism (Unintentionally) Spread Literacy

How Protestantism (Unintentionally) Spread Literacy

Joseph Henrich in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 23, 2021

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s <em> No One Is Talking About This,</em> explained.

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This, explained.

By Walker Caplan | February 22, 2021

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