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Lenin Loved Revolutions, <br>But What About the Revolutionaries?

Lenin Loved Revolutions,
But What About the Revolutionaries?

"He lived off his mother and off donations to his little Bolshevik Party."

By Barnes Carr | October 7, 2020

The Secret History of

The Secret History of "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

Emily Temple on Samuel Pepys and Parlor Games for Plague Times

By Emily Temple | October 6, 2020

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

Ariel Sabar on Jesus and His Wife

By Ariel Sabar | October 6, 2020

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

A.J. Lees on Exploration Fawcett

By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Hayley Krischer on the Reluctance to Publish Stories of Unlovable Girls

By Hayley Krischer | October 6, 2020

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Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, Hamilton Left Out a Few Things

By Ishmael Reed | October 6, 2020

Andrew Denning on the Nazi Cult of Mobility

By Time to Eat the Dogs | October 6, 2020

On Abe Lincoln and the Tragic Failure of Reconstruction

By Keen On | October 6, 2020

<em>Language Keepers</em>: The Race Against Time to Save the Kawaiisu Language

Language Keepers: The Race Against Time to Save the Kawaiisu Language

A Six-Part Series From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 5, 2020

What a Video Game Can Teach Us About Getting Through a Pandemic

What a Video Game Can Teach Us About Getting Through a Pandemic

Anna Weltman on Making Real-World Models From World of Warcraft Epidemics

By Anna Weltman | October 2, 2020

On Riding Out the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Heart of the Old Holy Roman Empire

On Riding Out the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Heart of the Old Holy Roman Empire

Ethan Lou Goes on a Deep Nostalgia Kick in Bayreuth

By Ethan Lou | October 2, 2020

How Sultan Selim's Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World

How Sultan Selim's Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World

Alan Mikhail in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 2, 2020

When Human Rights Memorials Actually Fan the Flames of Nationalism

When Human Rights Memorials Actually Fan the Flames of Nationalism

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 2, 2020

Ellis Cose on the Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America

Ellis Cose on the Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America

This Week on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | October 2, 2020

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dissented in <em>Bush v. Gore</em>

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dissented in Bush v. Gore

The Court's Decision, She Wrote, Was Based on
an "Untested Prophecy"

By Ruth Bader Ginsburg | October 1, 2020

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