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Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Evan Friss on Hitler’s Attempt to Win Americans Over to His Cause

By Evan Friss | August 21, 2024

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Luis Elizondo Digs into Biblical Stories, Government Secrecy, and the Difficulties of Studying UAP

By Luis Elizondo | August 20, 2024

What the Deliberate Targeting of Libraries Reveals About the Nature of War

What the Deliberate Targeting of Libraries Reveals About the Nature of War

Priscilla Morris on the Burning Books and Besieged City That Inspired Her Novel

By Priscilla Morris | August 20, 2024

How Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins Changed the Face of Publishing

How Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins Changed the Face of Publishing

Gill Paul on Two Trailblazing Women Who Revolutionized the Book World

By Gill Paul | August 13, 2024

Art Imitates Testimony: On the Real-Life Inspiration For <em>Uncle Tom’s Cabin</em>

Art Imitates Testimony: On the Real-Life Inspiration For Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Susanna Ashton Chronicles the Journey Behind Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Abolitionist Classic

By Susanna Ashton | August 12, 2024

An Indian Journalist on the Hit List: Investigating the Shocking Assassination of Gauri Lankesh

An Indian Journalist on the Hit List: Investigating the Shocking Assassination of Gauri Lankesh

Rollo Romig on Bangalore, Spiritually Sanctioned Murder, and the Self-Delusions of India's Police Force

By Rollo Romig | August 9, 2024

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“Black Infiltrators.” On the Systematic Abuse of African Refugees in Israel

By Sylvain Cypel | August 9, 2024

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

By Edward Dolnick | August 8, 2024

Jesus Freaks: On the Free Spirited Evangelicals of the 1970s and 80s

By Eliza Griswold | August 8, 2024

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Those Who Wander: A History of Nomadic Pastoralism in Southeastern Europe

Kapka Kassabova Explores What’s Left of an Ancient Tradition Marked by a Century of Upheaval

By Kapka Kassabova | August 7, 2024

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Kate Weinberg Finds Literary Inspiration in Romeo and Juliet’s Original Creator

By Kate Weinberg | August 7, 2024

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

Ellen Ruppel Shell Goes Deep on the Cultural Life of the Anguillidae

By Ellen Ruppel Shell | August 5, 2024

Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What <em>The Decameron</em> Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Ed Simon Considers the Act of Storytelling as a Means of Preserving Our Humor and Humanity in Tumultuous Times

By Ed Simon | August 5, 2024

10 reasons to love James Baldwin, in honor of his 100th birthday.

10 reasons to love James Baldwin, in honor of his 100th birthday.

By Brittany Allen | August 2, 2024

A Century of James Baldwin

A Century of James Baldwin

Celebrating 100 Years of a Great American Mind

By Literary Hub | August 2, 2024

A Feminist Oral History of the 1972 Democratic National Convention

A Feminist Oral History of the 1972 Democratic National Convention

Clara Bingham Chronicles the Failed Fight to Include Abortion Rights in the Party’s Platform

By Clara Bingham | July 30, 2024

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