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The Long Golden Age of Useless, American Crap

The Long Golden Age of Useless, American Crap

Wendy Woloson Outlines a History of Our Glorified Junk

By Wendy A. Woloson | September 21, 2020

Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Géraldine Schwarz Reckons With Her Family's WWII History

By Géraldine Schwarz | September 21, 2020

The Poet Who Had No Time<br> for Tragedy

The Poet Who Had No Time
for Tragedy

Dan Beachy-Quick on Anacreon the Greek's Lyrics of Drunken Love

By Dan Beachy-Quick | September 21, 2020

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 21, 2020

On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 21, 2020

Is America Due for a Reboot?

Is America Due for a Reboot?

Thom Hartmann in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 21, 2020

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Language Keepers: On the Fight to Save the Karuk Language

By Emergence Magazine | September 21, 2020

I spoke with a friend of Robert and Mabel Williams about Negroes With Guns and BLM.

By Aaron Robertson | September 18, 2020

President Lincoln’s Republican Party Was the Original Party of Big Government

By Peter Balakian | September 17, 2020

On the Battle of Britain, a Fight Waged in Daylight

On the Battle of Britain, a Fight Waged in Daylight

James Holland and Al Murray in Conversation on We Have Ways of Making You Talk

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 17, 2020

Finding Strange Magic and Unlikely Love During the Vietnam War

Finding Strange Magic and Unlikely Love During the Vietnam War

Lan Cao on the Beginning of Her American Life

By Lan Cao | September 16, 2020

David Nasaw on the Million Refugees Left Behind in Germany After WWII

David Nasaw on the Million Refugees Left Behind in Germany After WWII

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 16, 2020

Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II

Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II

David Nasaw on the People with Nowhere Left to Go

By David Nasaw | September 15, 2020

Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Eric Zuelow Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 15, 2020

The Langston League has created an episode-by-episode syllabus for <em>Lovecraft Country.</em>

The Langston League has created an episode-by-episode syllabus for Lovecraft Country.

By Jonny Diamond | September 14, 2020

Alex Ross on Wagner's Complicated Influence on American Culture

Alex Ross on Wagner's Complicated Influence on American Culture

How Will Cather Delighted in the "Strangeness and Loucheness" of the Composer's World

By Alex Ross | September 14, 2020

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