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The Polish Army Officer Who Conjured Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp

The Polish Army Officer Who Conjured Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp

On Józef Czapski's Wartime Lectures

By Eric Karpeles | November 7, 2018

How to Sell a Candidate to the Public: Andrew Jackson Edition

How to Sell a Candidate to the Public: Andrew Jackson Edition

On the Dark Tradition of American Populism

By davidandjeanneheidler | November 6, 2018

English Tourists in Italy Have Been Complaining for 300 Years

English Tourists in Italy Have Been Complaining for 300 Years

Amid the Roman Ruins and the Search for a Lost City

By Ferdinand Addis | November 6, 2018

How Horror Changed After WWI

How Horror Changed After WWI

W. Scott Poole on the Abyss Opened Up By the Great War

By W. Scott Poole | October 31, 2018

America, Waging Unpopular Wars Right from the Start!

America, Waging Unpopular Wars Right from the Start!

Michael Beschloss on James Madison and the War of 1812

By Michael Beschloss | October 26, 2018

On the Very Scary Rise of the First Literary Vampire

On the Very Scary Rise of the First Literary Vampire

The Time Byron and Shelley and Godwin and Polidori Freaked Themselves Out

By Nick Groom | October 25, 2018

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When the Food We Ate Was Literally Poison (Even More So Than Now)

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The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

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