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Oscar Levant and Oscar Wilde: Masters of Staving Off Melancholy with Wit

Oscar Levant and Oscar Wilde: Masters of Staving Off Melancholy with Wit

David Lazar on Two Wounded Men Who Frustrated Expectations

By David Lazar | November 9, 2020

<em>That Middle World</em>: The Politics of Passing, from the Antebellum Period to Rachel Dolezal

That Middle World: The Politics of Passing, from the Antebellum Period to Rachel Dolezal

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 9, 2020

Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

The Ascendancy of Kamala Harris to the White House is More Radical Than We Think

By Rebecca Solnit | November 6, 2020

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

Emily Van Duyne on Loving, and Misunderstanding, an Icon

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

"I watch the water rising in a few places, as if the city is porous."

By Cees Nooteboom | November 6, 2020

The Longstanding Love Affair of Cocaine and Surfing

The Longstanding Love Affair of Cocaine and Surfing

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 6, 2020

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Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

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The First Mughal Emperor's Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

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Secret Intelligence and Betrayal Amid the French Resistance

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I Knew How to Play Bach, But That Didn't Mean I Was Good

I Knew How to Play Bach, But That Didn't Mean I Was Good

Dan Moller on the Technical Challenges of Bachian Trills

By Dan Moller | November 4, 2020

On the Covert Role of Knitting During the French Revolution and World War II

On the Covert Role of Knitting During the French Revolution and World War II

Loretta Napoleoni Traces the History of Women Who Stitched Their Way To Freedom

By Loretta Napoleoni | November 4, 2020

Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

Roland Betancourt on the Origins of His Latest Book

By Roland Betancourt | November 4, 2020

How Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery Undermined White Supremacy

How Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery Undermined White Supremacy

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 4, 2020

Growing Up in the Soviet Union's Hero City

Growing Up in the Soviet Union's Hero City

Or: Self-Portrait with Madonna by the Palace of the Republic

By Valzhyna Mort | November 3, 2020

On the Connection Between Whaling and Imperialism in the Bering Strait

On the Connection Between Whaling and Imperialism in the Bering Strait

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | November 3, 2020

Megan Rosenbloom on the Macabre History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Megan Rosenbloom on the Macabre History of Books Bound in Human Skin

In Conversation with Julia Ringo on the Well-Versed Podcast

By Well-Versed | November 3, 2020

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