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Do You Remember The Start of Quarantine? Are You Sure?

Do You Remember The Start of Quarantine? Are You Sure?

Charles Finch Remembers the Early, Uncertain Days of the Pandemic

By Charles Finch | November 18, 2021

Kati Marton on the Transformative Power of Angela Merkel

Kati Marton on the Transformative Power of Angela Merkel

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | November 18, 2021

Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write <em>Crime and Punishment</em>

Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write Crime and Punishment

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 18, 2021

On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

Gayle Jessup White Considers What It Means to Remember the Past

By Gayle Jessup White | November 18, 2021

How the Greek Struggle for Liberty Became a Cause Célèbre for Romantic Writers Across Europe

How the Greek Struggle for Liberty Became a Cause Célèbre for Romantic Writers Across Europe

Mark Mazower on the Embrace of Philhellenism by Hugo, Pushkin, Stendhal, and More

By Mark Mazower | November 17, 2021

William Deresiewicz on David Graeber’s Alternative Anthropologies

William Deresiewicz on David Graeber’s Alternative Anthropologies

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 17, 2021

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Filthy, Smelly, Sleep, Repeat: On the Challenges of Fighting Inside a Tank

By James Holland | November 17, 2021

How Elizabeth Hardwick Spent Her “Starving Artist” Years in the Big City

By Cathy Curtis | November 16, 2021

Tracing the Internet’s Enormous Impact on American Comics

By Jeremy Dauber | November 16, 2021

Writing About the Small Farming Life in the Shadow of Climate Change

Writing About the Small Farming Life in the Shadow of Climate Change

Patrick Laurie Finds Inspiration in the Writing of R.S. Thomas, Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes

By Patrick Laurie | November 16, 2021

When Young Elvis Met the Legendary B.B. King

When Young Elvis Met the Legendary B.B. King

"B.B. couldn’t help but like Elvis."

By Daniel de Visé | November 16, 2021

Paul Cartledge on the Forgotten Greek City That Shaped Modern Civilization

Paul Cartledge on the Forgotten Greek City That Shaped Modern Civilization

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 16, 2021

How Lincoln Broke the Constitution

How Lincoln Broke the Constitution

Noah Feldman on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | November 16, 2021

How Misogyny and Religious Bigotry Have Influenced the Historical Portrayal of the Female Experience

How Misogyny and Religious Bigotry Have Influenced the Historical Portrayal of the Female Experience

Lucy Jago on the Creative Motivations Behind A Net for Small Fishes

By Lucy Jago | November 16, 2021

Stop Obsessing: A Reading List for Finding Joy in Irrelevance

Stop Obsessing: A Reading List for Finding Joy in Irrelevance

Amy Leach on the Freedom of Lightening Up

By Amy Leach | November 16, 2021

Lincoln’s Dictatorship: How the President Broke the Constitutional Compact in Order to Save It

Lincoln’s Dictatorship: How the President Broke the Constitutional Compact in Order to Save It

Noah Feldman on the Rupture That Predated the Emancipation Proclamation

By Noah Feldman | November 15, 2021

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