“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

Carole Angier Considers How History Shaped Sebald as a Writer

By Carole Angier | October 14, 2021

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

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

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Blood on the River by Marjoleine Kars

By Marjoleine Kars | October 14, 2021

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

Alison Kinney Investigates the Barriers to Appreciating Art the “Right” Way

By Alison Kinney | October 14, 2021

On the Controversies of WWII Military Leader George S. Patton

On the Controversies of WWII Military Leader George S. Patton

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | October 14, 2021

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

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Kyle Harper on the Global History of Infectious Disease

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The Grief of Displacement: On Being a Child in a Refugee Camp

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Mondiant Dogon Considers the Experience of Collective Suffering

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Jennifer Higgie on the Forgotten Perspective of Women in Art

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Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

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On the Genre’s Shifting Identities

By Kelefa Sanneh | October 8, 2021

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Mark Oppenheimer Discusses the History of His Ancestral Town and the Aftermath of the 2018 Shooting

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