From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

Lewis Hyde on the Anniversary of His Bestselling Book The Gift

By Lewis Hyde | October 21, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Mars van Grunsven Visits Galapagos, Then and Now

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

Orwell's Notes on <em>1984</em>: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

Orwell's Notes on 1984: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

objective truth."">"The nightmare feeling caused by the disappearance of
objective truth."

By D.J. Taylor | October 18, 2019

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

Mark Purcell on European Bibliomania and Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Mark Purcell | October 18, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

When We Talk About "Surviving," Who is "We"?

By Rebecca Solnit | October 17, 2019

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

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Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

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Maggie Neil on The Yellow House and the Many Names of Loss

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The Irish Clan That Was

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Tim Robinson on Searching for a Lost History in Connemara

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In the Age of Political Thugs

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Sonya Bilocerkowycz, from Ukraine to Putin to Trump and Back Again

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The Best Time to Practice Stoicism? When Your Flight is Canceled

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How an Ancient Philosophy Can Help You Through Modern Life

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When a Hurricane Hits the Delaware Bay

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Andrew S. Lewis on the Impact of Super Storm Sandy

By Andrew S. Lewis | October 9, 2019

Eve Babitz on the Time She Played Chess Nude with Marcel Duchamp

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Looking Back at the Allure of the 1960s LA Art Scene

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When Your Book Finds a New Voice, 50 Years Later

When Your Book Finds a New Voice, 50 Years Later

Alix Kates Shulman on a Revitalized Feminist Movement

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