• History

    Soul

    On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

    By Zandria F. Robinson  January 4, 2022
    Protest

    The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

    By Hawa Allan  January 4, 2022
    Storybound

    Listen to the Opening Act of Florence Fane in San Francisco, a Civil War Period Romantic Dramady

    By Storybound   January 4, 2022
    Keen On

    Bruce Clark on the 3,000-Year Story of the Birthplace of Western Civilization

    By Keen On  January 4, 2022
    The Hub

    J.R.R. Tolkien loved to pull pranks on his students.

    By Walker Caplan  January 3, 2022
    Comics

    The Subversive Spider-Man: How Spidey Broke the Superhero Mold

    By Ralph Macchio  January 3, 2022
    The Hub

    Did you know Samuel Beckett used to drive André the Giant to school?

    By Walker Caplan  December 23, 2021
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    We Have Ways of Making You Talk on Japan’s Role in the Second World War

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Read J.D. Salinger’s first short story to feature Holden Caufield.

    By Walker Caplan  December 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Can you solve the very first published crossword puzzle?

    By Walker Caplan  December 21, 2021
    Freeman's

    Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

    By Zahia Rahmani  December 20, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Tristan McConnell on the Long, Ongoing History of Turkana

    By Emergence Magazine  December 20, 2021
    Classics

    On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s Anabasis

    By Shane Brennan  December 17, 2021
    The Hub

    Brontë fans’ push to save a rare library has worked—with help from Britain’s richest man.

    By Walker Caplan  December 16, 2021
    Philosophy

    What the Stoics Understood About Death (And Can Teach Us)

    By David Fideler  December 16, 2021
    Film History

    “Garbo Talks!” On the 1930 Sound Film That Gave Greta a Voice

    By Robert Gottlieb  December 15, 2021
    Greek Literature

    Excavating the Insights of a Once Beloved Greek Novelist

    By Johanna Hanink  December 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Reminder: the most famous short story in American literature was written in one day.

    By Walker Caplan  December 14, 2021
    The Hub

    The Red Badge of Courage now has a sequel in which Henry Fleming becomes mayor.

    By Walker Caplan  December 13, 2021
    Criticism

    On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

    By David Kirby  December 10, 2021
    French literature

    In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    By Alex Lockwood  December 10, 2021
    Open Source

    “How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

    By Open Source  December 10, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

    By Behind the Mic   December 9, 2021
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    Ian Toll on the Lead Up to the Pearl Harbor Attack

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Remember the time Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel García Márquez?

    By Walker Caplan  December 8, 2021
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