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Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due

Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due

On Alexandra Jacobs' Biography of an Icon Still Here

By Leah Rosenzweig | December 4, 2019

Why Do People Cheat? (Because They Often Win)

Why Do People Cheat? (Because They Often Win)

J. M. Fenster Tries to Understand the Motivations of Rule-Breakers

By J. M. Fenster | December 4, 2019

On the Eve of WWII: <br>Three Days Before the Bombing of Paris

On the Eve of WWII:
Three Days Before the Bombing of Paris

Françoise Frenkel Experiences the Evacuation of France

By Françoise Frenkel | December 3, 2019

Sacred Scripture Lives and Evolves, is Never Fixed

Sacred Scripture Lives and Evolves, is Never Fixed

Karen Armstrong on Early Aryans and the Rig Veda

By Karen Armstrong | December 3, 2019

Walking Through the House Where Louisa May Alcott Wrote <em>Little Women</em>

Walking Through the House Where Louisa May Alcott Wrote Little Women

On Orchard House and the Biographical Foundations of a
Classic American Novel

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | December 2, 2019

On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris

On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris

The Secret of a World Class City

By Stephen Halliday | December 2, 2019

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C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI

By New Books Network | December 2, 2019

Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

By Allan Metcalf | November 27, 2019

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

By Alanna Okun | November 27, 2019

How William Monroe Trotter Mobilized Black Americans Across Class Lines

How William Monroe Trotter Mobilized Black Americans Across Class Lines

Kerri K. Greenidge on the Lasting Effects of 1902's Crumpacker Rally

By Kerri K Greenidge | November 26, 2019

How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

"Proper and upright did not mean passive and docile."

By J.D. Dickey | November 22, 2019

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

On Her Final novel, Daniel Deronda

By Norman Lebrecht | November 22, 2019

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica

By Sarah Abrevaya Stein | November 22, 2019

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812

By Sylvain Tesson | November 21, 2019

On the Great Secret-Keepers<br> of History

On the Great Secret-Keepers
of History

Do Archivists Have Political Motivations Too?

By Courtney Taylor | November 21, 2019

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>?

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the Epic of Gilgamesh?

The Longest Poem-in-Progress of All Time...

By Michael Schmidt | November 21, 2019

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