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What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

Suzy Hansen on the Lasting Effects of Modern Authoritarianism in Turkey

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Was Emerson the True Father of American Literature?

Was Emerson the True Father of American Literature?

Bruce Nichols on the American Renaissance of Prose and Poetry in the 1850s

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Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

Meet the Literary Agent Who Invented the Book Auction

“Scott Meredith never read or responded to a single manuscript, despite his name on the letterhead and signature on the reader’s report.”

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The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

The Medicalization of Madness: How Schizophrenia Was Treated Throughout the Ages

Justin Garson on the Influence of Psychoanalysis on Psychiatry’s Development

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On the Propaganda of Early Nazism, and How We See it in America Today

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Omer Aziz Encounters the Spectacle of Fascism

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Erin L. McCoy on the Intersection of Misplaced Nostalgia and Environmental Violence That Inspired Her Novel

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How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

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From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

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Cathy Haynes Explores the Many Ways One Can Discern the Hour by Paying Attention to the Natural World

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Are Shakespeare’s Commas Really That Important?

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The Power of Prophecy, from Apollo to AI

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