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“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of <em>The Iceman Cometh</em>.

“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of The Iceman Cometh.

By Walker Caplan | October 15, 2021

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

A Compendium of Literary Ravens

Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts Catalogue the Corvids of Aesop, Dickens, and More

By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts | October 15, 2021

“Homes, Workshops, Palaces, Shrines.” On the Portability and Mobility of Hordes

“Homes, Workshops, Palaces, Shrines.” On the Portability and Mobility of Hordes

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the Worldby Marie Favereau

By Marie Favereau | October 15, 2021

On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

On Troublesome Women in the House of Windsor and the Allure of Royal Outsiders

Wendy Holden Recommends Books That Pull Back the Curtain on the Lives of Exalted British Royals

By Wendy Holden | October 15, 2021

Vladimir Alexandrov on the Extraordinary Life of Boris Savinkov

Vladimir Alexandrov on the Extraordinary Life of Boris Savinkov

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 15, 2021

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

Jennifer Higgie on the Remarkable Life of a 19th-Century Model-Turned-Artist

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“More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

By Marjoleine Kars | October 14, 2021

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

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On the Controversies of WWII Military Leader George S. Patton

On the Controversies of WWII Military Leader George S. Patton

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Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

By Walker Caplan | October 13, 2021

Tracing the Filipino Diaspora in the Arc of the Global Age: A Reading List

Tracing the Filipino Diaspora in the Arc of the Global Age: A Reading List

Albert Samaha Recommends Books on the Sprawling History of the Philippines and the Immigrant Experience

By Albert Samaha | October 13, 2021

How NOW Attempted to Exclude the Third Woman’s Alliance From Feminist History

How NOW Attempted to Exclude the Third Woman’s Alliance From Feminist History

Patricia Romney on the Women's Strike for Equality
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By Patricia Romney | October 13, 2021

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Everything you need to know about the Sally Rooney/Israel controversy.

Everything you need to know about the Sally Rooney/Israel controversy.

By Walker Caplan | October 12, 2021

Read this newly discovered 1949 Ann Petry essay about Harlem.

Read this newly discovered 1949 Ann Petry essay about Harlem.

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