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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

By Jon Mooallem | March 24, 2020

Can Feminist Manifestoes of the Past Wake Us Up Today?

Can Feminist Manifestoes of the Past Wake Us Up Today?

Breanne Fahs on the Lasting Lessons of Women's Anger

By Soraya Chemaly | March 24, 2020

HBO’s <em>The Plot Against America</em> Betrays Philip Roth—With Excellent Results

HBO’s The Plot Against America Betrays Philip Roth—With Excellent Results

The TV Adaptation Makes Up For Where the Author Fell Short

By Jacques Berlinerblau | March 23, 2020

Babe Ruth and the Moment American Baseball Changed Forever

Babe Ruth and the Moment American Baseball Changed Forever

Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith on the Making of a Legend

By Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith | March 23, 2020

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On the Road with the Heiress Who Dominated Early Motorsports

By Neal Bascomb | March 20, 2020

A People’s History of the Poetry Workshop

By Mark Nowak | March 20, 2020

Italy's Answer to Coronavirus is a Classic Published Almost 200 Years Ago

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Can We Talk About How Austen's Characters Tend to Blur Together?

Emily Hodgson Anderson on Jane and Jane and Jane

By Emily Hodgson Anderson | March 18, 2020

In Those Years She Was Feral: Midcentury Life in the Soviet Union

In Those Years She Was Feral: Midcentury Life in the Soviet Union

Alex Halberstadt on the Life and Times of His Grandmother Tamara

By Alex Halberstadt | March 18, 2020

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

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How America’s Oldest Bookstore Has Survived Across the Centuries

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Sugar and Sex in the American Imagination

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Monique Truong on Calling a Woman “Sweet”

By Monique Truong | March 16, 2020

What We Can Learn (and Should Unlearn) From Albert Camus's <em>The Plague</em>

What We Can Learn (and Should Unlearn) From Albert Camus's The Plague

Liesl Schillinger on Catastrophe, Contagion, and the Human Condition

By Liesl Schillinger | March 13, 2020

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Alireza Doostdar on Blessing, Punishment, and Witnessing War

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