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Dead Kennedys in the West: <br> The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

Dead Kennedys in the West:
The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

From William Dalrymple's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

From Hemingway to Mencken, No One Thought a Woman Could Write About Combat

By Rebecca Onion | October 21, 2019

The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

How Castro Unintentionally Galvanized a Generation of Cubans

By Victor Andres Triay | October 21, 2019

From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

Lewis Hyde on the Anniversary of His Bestselling Book The Gift

By Lewis Hyde | October 21, 2019

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Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

Orwell's Notes on 1984: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

By D.J. Taylor | October 18, 2019

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

By Mark Purcell | October 18, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

When We Talk About "Surviving," Who is "We"?

By Rebecca Solnit | October 17, 2019

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

A Brief History of the "Guest of Honor" at This Year's Frankfurt Bookfair

By John Freeman | October 15, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

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Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Maggie Neil on The Yellow House and the Many Names of Loss

By Maggie Neil | October 11, 2019

The Irish Clan That Was

The Irish Clan That Was "Virtually Deleted from History"

Tim Robinson on Searching for a Lost History in Connemara

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