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The Right to Potential: On the Dramatic History of Women’s Elite Running

The Right to Potential: On the Dramatic History of Women’s Elite Running

Danielle Friedman Considers the Groundbreaking Impact of Kathrine Switzer

By Danielle Friedman | January 7, 2022

No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

Jane Ridley Considers the King's Callous Treatment of Radicalized Activists

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What Did Gossip Culture Look Like Before the Internet?

What Did Gossip Culture Look Like Before the Internet?

Julia Kelly Examines a Lost Tradition

By Julia Kelly | January 7, 2022

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

By Walker Caplan | January 6, 2022

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

Sidarta Ribeiro Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

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On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

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On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

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Bruce Clark on the 3,000-Year Story of the Birthplace of Western Civilization

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J.R.R. Tolkien loved to pull pranks on his students.

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The Subversive Spider-Man: How Spidey Broke the Superhero Mold

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Did you know Samuel Beckett used to drive André the Giant to school?

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<em>We Have Ways of Making You Talk</em> on Japan’s Role in the Second World War

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Read J.D. Salinger’s first short story to feature Holden Caufield.

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