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From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

How Did "Confession" Become a Dirty Word?

By Christopher Grobe | November 9, 2017

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

How Gladys Kalibbala Found her Journalistic Calling

By Jessica Yu | November 8, 2017

The Women Who Shaped Vladimir Lenin

The Women Who Shaped Vladimir Lenin

He Took Them As Seriously in Political Matters As He Did Men

By Victor Sebestyen | November 7, 2017

How Lord Byron Invented the Wild Horse

How Lord Byron Invented the Wild Horse

For Thousands of Years They Were Pests and Food, But a Poet Made Them Wild

By Susanna Forrest | November 3, 2017

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

"Worse Than a State Indifferent to Poetry was One Obsessed With It"

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

10 Must-Read Histories of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

10 Must-Read Histories of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

On the Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Ian Black Offers Some Definitive Histories

By Ian Black | November 2, 2017

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Muhammad Ali, Author of "The Greatest Book of All Time"?

By Jonathan Eig | November 1, 2017

Literary Witches, From Angela Carter to Zora Neale Hurston

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Against the "Melting Pot" Metaphor

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The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple

By Kassia St. Clair | October 27, 2017

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

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"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"

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The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

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Defecting to the British

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A Pilgrimage to the World's Most Famous Manuscript

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Coming Face to Face with the Book of Kells

By Christopher de Hamel | October 24, 2017

When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind

When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind

They Knew War was Coming and Were Eager to Fight

By Mai Elliott | October 20, 2017

Jennifer Egan Makes Friends Across Seven Decades (and Countless Letters)

Jennifer Egan Makes Friends Across Seven Decades (and Countless Letters)

The Author of Manhattan Beach on the Intimacy of Historical Research

By Jennifer Egan | October 19, 2017

On the Literary Wheelings and Dealings of Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain

On the Literary Wheelings and Dealings of Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain

The World of Publishing, Unchanged for 150 Years

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