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On <em>Journey to the West</em>’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

On Journey to the West’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | July 6, 2023

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

Brian K. Goodman Traces the Origins of the Term “Kafkaesque”

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 5, 2023

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin on the Explosive Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

By Rachel Louise Martin | July 5, 2023

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

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Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

Honor Cargill-Martin on the Historical Construction of the Scandalous Roman Empress Messalina

By Honor Cargill-Martin | June 29, 2023

Richard Langlois on the Cultural and Economic History of Modern American Business

Richard Langlois on the Cultural and Economic History of Modern American Business

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 29, 2023

David Niewert on the Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy

David Niewert on the Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 29, 2023

How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

Tracy Borman on Two of British History’s Most Famous Monarchs

By Tracy Borman | June 28, 2023

Itamar Rabinovich on Israel, the Palestinians, and an Inglorious 75-Year History of Failed Peace Initiatives

Itamar Rabinovich on Israel, the Palestinians, and an Inglorious 75-Year History of Failed Peace Initiatives

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 28, 2023

How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

Tara Isabella Burton on One of Literature’s Great Trendsetters

By Tara Isabella Burton | June 27, 2023

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Mark O’Connell Investigates the Crimes and the Killer That Defined a Generation

By Mark O’Connell | June 27, 2023

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