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The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg
Anne Sebba Reads the Rosenbergs of Plath, Doctorow, Kushner and More
By
Anne Sebba
| June 8, 2021
The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s
Mythology
for Modern Times
Kathryn Lofton on Greek and Roman Classics, Scholarship, and Religion
By
Kathryn Lofton
| June 8, 2021
On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer
M. Leona Godin Considers Homer, Borges, and the Large Gap Between Metaphorical and Practical
By
M. Leona Godin
| June 7, 2021
Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?
Edward Slingerland Considers the History of—and Science Behind—Alcohol as Muse
By
Edward Slingerland
| June 7, 2021
On the Storied Life of Miguel de Cervantes and His Greatest Creation,
Don Quixote
This Week on the
History of Literature
Podcast with Jacke Wilson
By
History of Literature
| June 7, 2021
On the Strange Journey of Ṣägga Krǝstos and His Impact on the Renaissance World
From the
Time to Eat the Dogs
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Time to Eat the Dogs
| June 7, 2021
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Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.
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Walker Caplan
| June 3, 2021
Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004
By
Frank Light
| June 3, 2021
Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust
By
Just the Right Book
| June 3, 2021
Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”
From the
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Podcast
By
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
| June 3, 2021
Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.
By
Walker Caplan
| June 2, 2021
How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”
Jess McHugh on the Complicated Legacy of Betty Crocker
By
Jess McHugh
| June 2, 2021
Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?
Philip Ball: “Myths are promiscuous; they were postmodern before the concept existed.”
By
Philip Ball
| June 2, 2021
Encoding, Storing, Retrieving: How Memory Works
Lauren Aguirre on Recovering Past Experiences and Forming Fake Ones
By
Lauren Aguirre
| June 2, 2021
King Mob Rule: On a First-Person Account of the Horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
Mary E. Jones Parrish Remembers and Mourns the Destruction of Tulsa’s Black Community
By
Mary E. Jones Parrish
| June 1, 2021
What Makes a Great Speech?
Simon Sebag Montefiore Considers the Qualities of Great Oratory Throughout History
By
Simon Sebag Montefiore
| June 1, 2021
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