Louis Armstrong's Rapturous First Tour Through the American South

Louis Armstrong's Rapturous First Tour Through the American South

Ricky Riccardi on the Musician's Enthusiastic Reception in New Orleans

By Ricky Riccardi | September 3, 2020

Introducing <em>Language Keepers</em>, the Story of Indigenous Language Survival in California

Introducing Language Keepers, the Story of Indigenous Language Survival in California

A New Six-Part Series From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 3, 2020

The Allure of the Paratroopers: <br>A Reading from <em>Those Devils in Baggy Pants</em>

The Allure of the Paratroopers:
A Reading from Those Devils in Baggy Pants

An Audiobook Feature from We Have Ways of Making You Talk

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 3, 2020

Inside the Intricate Translation Process for a Murakami Novel

Inside the Intricate Translation Process for a Murakami Novel

David Karashima on Hard-Boiled Wonderland and
the End of the World

By David Karashima | September 2, 2020

Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?

Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?

Jennifer Howard on How We Came to Strive for Material Excess

By Jennifer Howard | September 2, 2020

Obsession and Desire in an Ancient Assyrian Library

Obsession and Desire in an Ancient Assyrian Library

Jo Marchant on the Discovery of a True Treasure

By Jo Marchant | September 2, 2020

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Kurt Andersen on the Morbid Symptoms of America

By Keen On | September 2, 2020

If Only Doctors Could Treat Historical Guilt

By Katharina Volckmer | September 2, 2020

Kerri Arsenault on Life and Death in a Maine Mill Town

By Kerri Arsenault | September 1, 2020

In Which Eliot Weinberger Catalogues a History of Hyacinths

In Which Eliot Weinberger Catalogues a History of Hyacinths

Hyacinth of Fara: "A martyr about whom nothing is known."

By Eliot Weinberger | September 1, 2020

When Fidel Castro Held Court in Harlem

When Fidel Castro Held Court in Harlem

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

By New Books Network | September 1, 2020

Why Some Irrational Thoughts Might Be Good for You

Why Some Irrational Thoughts Might Be Good for You

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

By New Books Network | September 1, 2020

We Have Ancient Greece to Thank For Contemporary Gardens

We Have Ancient Greece to Thank For Contemporary Gardens

Penelope Hobhouse on the Long-Ago Roots of Naturalistic Wonder

By Penelope Hobhouse | August 31, 2020

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

For Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Strangeness Was a
Matter of Perspective

By Caryl Emerson | August 31, 2020

How FDR Could Have Saved More Lives During the Holocaust

How FDR Could Have Saved More Lives During the Holocaust

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

By New Books Network | August 31, 2020

The Making of the Reagan Generation

The Making of the Reagan Generation

Rick Perlstein on the 176-Page Plan to Sell Ronald Reagan to America

By Rick Perlstein | August 28, 2020

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