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Piecing Together the Lives<br> of Enslaved Americans

Piecing Together the Lives
of Enslaved Americans

Rachel May Traces the Warp and Weft of History Through Fabric

By Rachel May | November 21, 2019

When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

“The country cannot prosper if its cities are decaying.”

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 21, 2019

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

On Chris Stevens and the Risks Taken by Ambassadors Abroad

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

How the Vietnam War Changed<br> Political Poetry

How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

The Debutante Ball in the Global <br>Age of Instagram

The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram

On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame

By Kristen Richardson | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

By Gabriel Brownstein | November 19, 2019

What If We Called It the 'Flax Age' Instead of the 'Iron Age'?

By Kassia St. Clair | November 19, 2019

The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

By Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe | November 19, 2019

On Jane Austen, Elizabeth Warren, and the Legacy of the Stoic Woman

On Jane Austen, Elizabeth Warren, and the Legacy of the Stoic Woman

Rachel Vorona Cote Considers the Miss Dashwoods

By Rachel Vorona Cote | November 18, 2019

Look, Latin Is Not Useless, Neither<br> Is It Dead

Look, Latin Is Not Useless, Neither
Is It Dead

Nicola Gardini Refutes the Biases Towards the So-Called Dead Language

By Nicola Gardini | November 18, 2019

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

On Espionage and Resistance in World War II Italy

By Meryle Secrest | November 18, 2019

Between Pastureland and Progress: <br>On the Many Lives of an American City

Between Pastureland and Progress:
On the Many Lives of an American City

Sarah Wagner Tells a Tale of Lexington, Kentucky

By Sarah Wagner | November 15, 2019

The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

Trapped Between High Society and the Freak Show

By John Woolf | November 15, 2019

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

In Conversation About The Poppy War on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | November 15, 2019

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

Mo Moulton on the Legendary Mutual Admiration Society

By Mo Moulton | November 14, 2019

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