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The Case for White Curiosity

The Case for White Curiosity

Interrogating the Devastating Legacy of White Supremacy in America

By Patrick Phillips | September 22, 2016

The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America

The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America

On the Ongoing Fight Against the Censorship of Ideas

By Amy Brady | September 22, 2016

Fascist, Communist, Writer, Duchess... The Legend of the Mitford Sisters

Fascist, Communist, Writer, Duchess... The Legend of the Mitford Sisters

How a One-of-a-Kind Family Captured a Nation's Imagination

By Laura Thompson | September 21, 2016

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

Jeanette Winterson on Paris's Great Bookstore, Shakespeare and Company

A New History on One of the World's Great Bookshops

By Lit Hub Photography | September 20, 2016

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Peter Ho Davies on the challenges (and opportunities) of mining the past

By Peter Ho Davies | September 7, 2016

How Borges Taught Me to Embrace My Jewish Heritage

How Borges Taught Me to Embrace My Jewish Heritage

"Borges was my rabbinical master in a Yeshiva the Size of the Globe"

By Ilan Stavans | September 2, 2016

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Men of Power and Their Obsession with Winston Churchill

Men of Power and Their Obsession with Winston Churchill

Visiting the World's Foremost (and Only) Bookstore Devoted to Churchill

By Anthony Audi | August 25, 2016

On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

On the Barbizon Hotel, and the Women Writers Who Lived There

Where “Small-Town” Girls Tried to Make it in Manhattan

By Nathan Smith | August 23, 2016

When the Beatles Played Memphis,50 Years Ago Today

When the Beatles Played Memphis,50 Years Ago Today

Record Burnings, Cherry Bombs, and KKK Pickets

By Jon Savage | August 19, 2016

My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

Rachel Hall on Grappling with a Tragic and Heroic Family Legacy

By Rachel Hall | August 19, 2016

How Does a Skeleton Become Famous?

How Does a Skeleton Become Famous?

On Meeting the Taung Child and Other Celebrity Fossils

By Lydia Pyne | August 16, 2016

The Secret Love of Edith Wharton's Life

The Secret Love of Edith Wharton's Life

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By Yvonne Georgina Puig | August 15, 2016

Reading the Partition of India

Reading the Partition of India

From Midnight's Children to In Freedom's Shade , Anjali Enjeti Discovers a Harrowing History

By Anjali Enjeti | August 15, 2016

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