Scenes from a Life in 1930s Berlin

Scenes from a Life in 1930s Berlin

On Turning My Great Uncle's Diary into a Twitter Feed

By Jeffrey Koenig | November 29, 2018

Are There Lessons to Be Learned from the Protests of the 1960s?

Are There Lessons to Be Learned from the Protests of the 1960s?

Clara Bingham Talks to Adam Nemett About His Novel, We Can Save Us All

By Clara Bingham | November 29, 2018

The Showgirl Who Discovered <em>Lolita</em>

The Showgirl Who Discovered Lolita

How Nabokov's Masterpiece Found Its American Publisher

By Sarah Weinman | November 26, 2018

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

By Tiffany Watt Smith | November 21, 2018

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

And How the ACLU Saved Him

By Halldór Guðmundsson | November 21, 2018

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

Mikita Brottman on the Protocols and Pitfalls of Dealing with a Body

By Mikita Brottman | November 20, 2018

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How America Remembers Emmett Till

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On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

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Soundtrack to the Embattled Claims of Folk Culture

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Fragments of John McPhee: On Cary Grant, Ping-Pong, and Earthquakes

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Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

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Miranda Seymour the Precociousness of the Poet's Daughter

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See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

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What a Woman Must Do to Become King

What a Woman Must Do to Become King

On the Rise of Neferusobek, Egypt's First Female Ruler

By Kara Cooney | November 8, 2018

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

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