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History
How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany
Harald Jähner on the Economic, Social and Moral Landscape of Weimar Berlin
By
Harald Jähner
| September 5, 2024
Korean Revolutionary Kim San on Moral Courage in the Face of Imperialist Violence
“To rise above oppression is the glory of man; to submit is his shame.”
By
Kim San
| September 5, 2024
On the weird literary origins of
Beetlejuice
(Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...).
By
Brittany Allen
| September 4, 2024
Poetic Prankster: On Rudyard Kipling’s Boundary-Blurring Satire of Bureaucracy
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay Explores the Anglo-Indian Author’s “Departmental Ditties”
By
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
| September 4, 2024
How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution
Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature
By
Josephine Quinn
| September 4, 2024
Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.
By
Brittany Allen
| August 30, 2024
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Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco
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As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders
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Rob Larson
| August 29, 2024
We Live in Uncertain Times... But Haven’t We Always?
By
Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza
| August 29, 2024
What
Red Dead Redemption II
Reveals About Our Myths of the American West
Tore C. Olsson on the Making of a Centuries-Old Obsession at the Heart of American National Identity
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Tore C. Olsson
| August 28, 2024
How the Massacre of Beziers Marked the Beginning of Centuries of Violence in Europe
T.D. Allman on Medieval Spiritual Corruption and Bloody Religious Warfare in Southern France
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T. D. Allman
| August 28, 2024
The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s
Vanity Fair Diaries.
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Brittany Allen
| August 27, 2024
How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes
Casey Michel on the Long History of Dark Money and Shadowy Influence in the Hallowed Halls of Washington DC
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Casey Michel
| August 27, 2024
How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s
Sally Bowles
Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist
By
Katherine Bucknell
| August 26, 2024
What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition
Viktor E. Frankl on the Collective Neuroses That Characterize Our Society
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Viktor E. Frankl
| August 26, 2024
Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist
“Vance seems to assume that large numbers of native-born white people don't constitute ethnic enclaves.”
By
Rebecca Solnit
| August 23, 2024
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The Backlist: Reading John le Carré's 'The Little Drummer Girl' with I.S. Berry
October 24, 2025
by
Polly Stewart
Guillermo del Toro's New
Frankenstein
Adaptation is Life-Giving
October 24, 2025
by
Olivia Rutigliano
Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Stephen King Reflects on the Adaptations of His Work
October 23, 2025
by
Stephen King
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"