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Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

Poets and Revolutionaries: On Grappling with Lebanon's Descent to War

From Kim Ghattas's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Black Wave

By Kim Ghattas | October 14, 2020

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

The Two Languages That Shaped the History of India

From Richard M. Eaton's Cundill Prize-Nominated
India in the Persianate Age

By Richard M. Eaton | October 14, 2020

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

How Waiting for a Cease-Fire Exposed the United States' Influence in the Middle East

From Rashid Khalidi's Cundill Prize-Nominated
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

By Rashid Khalidi | October 14, 2020

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

On Rethinking the 'Modern' in Modern Greece

From Roderick Beaton Greece's Cundill-Prize Nominated Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

By Roderick Beaton | October 14, 2020

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

The Jamaican Slave Insurgency That Transformed the World

From Vincent Brown's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Tacky’s Revolt

By Vincent Brown | October 14, 2020

The Little Known History of a Secret 17th-Century British Conspiracy Group

The Little Known History of a Secret 17th-Century British Conspiracy Group

From Paul Lay's Cundill-Prize Nominated Providence Lost

By Paul Lay | October 14, 2020

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When Lamb-to-Human Blood Transfusions Were All the Rage

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The NYRB just bought Milton Glaser's old townhouse.

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Personal Space: Maggie Smith on Her Shift in Artistic Practice

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Scenes from a Yazidi Refugee Camp, Circa 2016

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It is a vision of hell."">Christina Lamb: "Everything seems to stop and spin.
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