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The Time Giuseppe Verdi Battled *Actual* Censorship

The Time Giuseppe Verdi Battled *Actual* Censorship

On Italian Radicals Who Fought For Freedom

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | April 3, 2020

The Wolves of Stanislav: An Improbably True Parable for the Pandemic Age

The Wolves of Stanislav: An Improbably True Parable for the Pandemic Age

Paul Auster Travels the Borderlands of Far Eastern Europe

By Paul Auster | April 2, 2020

Women in War: On Great Correspondents Past and Present

Women in War: On Great Correspondents Past and Present

From Sapper Dorothy in WWI, to the Citizen Journalists of Today

By Jacqueline Winspear | April 2, 2020

Foxed, Fuddled, Swallowed a Hare, and Other Words for

Foxed, Fuddled, Swallowed a Hare, and Other Words for "Drunk"

From A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2020

Some useful vintage advertisements and posters that encourage social distancing.

Some useful vintage advertisements and posters that encourage social distancing.

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

A Few 19th-Century Parlor Games to Amuse You While You're Stuck at Home

A Few 19th-Century Parlor Games to Amuse You While You're Stuck at Home

“Do you know what my mole is doing?”

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

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The Songwriters Behind Country Music's Biggest Hits

By Bobbie and Bill Malone | March 30, 2020

Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

By Liesl Schillinger | March 27, 2020

The Woman Who Fought for Sing Sing's Early Female Prisoners

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The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born

The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born

Betty and Barney Hill Took an Interesting Trip to the Doctor's Office

By David J. Halperin | March 26, 2020

Help out the NYPL and pass the time with this New York City oral history project.

Help out the NYPL and pass the time with this New York City oral history project.

By Corinne Segal | March 25, 2020

How to Spend 42 Days Stuck<br> in Your Room

How to Spend 42 Days Stuck
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Will Schwalbe on Xavier de Maistre's 1790 Study of Isolation

By Will Schwalbe | March 25, 2020

One Utah County's Decades-Long Struggle for the Native American Vote

One Utah County's Decades-Long Struggle for the Native American Vote

David Daley on Voter Suppression in Big Sky Country

By David Daley | March 25, 2020

The Black Descendants of President Madison

The Black Descendants of President Madison

Bettye Kearse on the Complicated Lineage of Her Ancestors

By Bettye Kearse | March 25, 2020

Viewing Blackness Through the Lives of the Medici

Viewing Blackness Through the Lives of the Medici

Katy Simpson Smith on Identity, Racism, and Reclamation

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 24, 2020

At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake

At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake

Jon Mooallem on the Disaster of 1964

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